Nell

The Australian Heiress who Saved he Husband from Stalin & the Nazis

Susanna De Vries

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Boolarong Press
26 April 2020

True stories of heroism, endurance & survival; Bargains; Biography - Australian

This is the story of an adventuress, Nell Tritton, Brisbane department store heiress, who married former Russian Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky. Stalin and Hitler had Kerensky on their hit list, so evading would be assassins makes this story a heart-stopping slice of history. Churchill sent a warship to a French port to save Kerensky. The American government financed their passage to New York, where as a celebrity couple they were treated like royalty but soon learned her days were numbered. . She and Kerensky returned to Elderslie, her parents' Brisbane colonial home. Stalin's other main enemy, Leon Trotsky had just been assassinated. Kerensky feared Stalin's gunmen would find them and patrolled the verandas of the Tritton's home, revolver in hand as Nell lay dying. She was buried beside her siblings in Duttton Park cemetery and her story forgotten until Susanna was shown her Paris diaries

By: Susanna De Vries
Imprint: Boolarong Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781925877526
ISBN 10: 1925877523
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 26 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Award-winning author Susanna de Vries is the author of 14 biographies of significant Australian women,a Winston Churchill Fellow and a Member of The Order of Australia for Services to Australian literature.This is Susanna's final biography, and will be published in USA with a French translation in preparation.