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Henry Handel Richardson

About the Author

Henry Handel Richardson (1870-1946), born Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson, was an Australian novelist and women’s rights activist.  Her literary reputation rests on The Fortunes of Richard Mahony, an acclaimed trilogy comprising the novels Australia Felix (1917), The Way Home (1925), and Ultima Thule (1929).