My Love Must Wait
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| Author | Ernestine Hill |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Matthew Flinders |
| Genre | historical |
| Publication place | Australian |
Published in English | 1941 |
My Love Must Wait is a 1941 novel by Ernestine Hill.
Matthew Flinders goes on a voyage to Australia to circumnavigate and chart its coast. He leaves behind his new wife, Ann Chappell. His return is delayed by six years' imprisonment on Ile-de-France.[1]
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald reviewer, while considering that the "first hundred pages or so of this book are very well written", showing Hill's "flair for vivid and beautiful descriptive writing", felt the later part of the book was overwritten and should "be pruned ruthlessly".[2]
One critic, writing about Catherine Shepherd's radio adaptation, reckoned Hill's book owed much to Professor Sir Ernest Scott's 1914 biography The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders.[3]