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The Merchant of Sydney
(2015)
The Master of Hell’s Gates
(2017)
The Intelligent Mr Kinghorne
(2022)
Alex and Chis on location
Chis Maxwell and Alex Pugh are passionate about Australian colonial history.
Their first book, The Merchant of Sydney, a biography of James Chisholm (1772-1837), was published in November 2015 after four years’ research.
Their second book, The Master of Hell's Gates, a biography of William Kinghorne (1796-1878), was published in 2017.
Their latest book, The Intelligent Mr Kinghorne, a biography of Alexander Kinghorne (1770-1846), will be published in 2022.
These books are original historical biographies that bring the Kinghorne and Chisholm families to the fore, placing them within the contours of Australian history.