From Fields Of Stone

By Isabel de la Rambelya

A monumental work, epic in scope, heartbreaking and inspiring, propelled by a passionate quest to restore a woman's life. Nappy King has been rescued from anonymity, her life hououred, her resourcefulness in the face of injustice meticulously documented and her defiant adventurous spirit celebrated.

Arnold Zable - Writer, novelist, and human rights advocate

Nappy King was one of thousands of women transported to Van Diemen's Land during the Irish Famine, and one of the few to bring a child with them.

In From Fields of Stone, Isabel de la Rambelya weaves sensitivity and detailed research into an exploration of her great-great grandmother's life - from servant in Clifden Castle, Ireland, to Nappy's years in Tasmania, as a convict, settler, landowner, mother, wife, and finally, as a patient in New Norfolk Insane Asylum. Isabel threads her two-decade-long journey of discovery through this captivating and moving story. She shines a light on the human costs of the Irish Famine and Tasmania's convict past.