Cover art for Dymphna
Published
Australian Scholarly, June 2017
ISBN
9781925333794
Format
Softcover, 228 pages
Dimensions
22.9cm × 15.2cm

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Dymphna Lodewyckx was a brilliant linguist who instead of pursuing a career, married Manning Clark. She was her husband's constant research assistant and unofficial editor, as well as the mother of their six children. This was clearly her choice. Wasn't it?

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