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In 1834, Isabella Campbell left England for India, and within two weeks of joining her brother had married his best friend, a dashing cavalry officer named Charles Gascoyne. Twenty years – and nine children – later, Charles decreed the family should leave India for a nascent British colony on the other side of the world: New Zealand. He went ahead with the children and their governess; Isabella, who was unwell, returned to England. On landing in New Zealand a year later, she found herself ousted by the governess, and rejected by her children and her once-beloved husband. While battle clouds... Read More