This is my short historical fiction about her life. My story here is about 85% true!
I have written this story in SIX Chapters - listed at right.
So what is true? And what is fiction?
True :
Sarah's husband and little girl WERE murdered by Chinese gold miners in June, 1868.
The story was printed by the newspapers of the time, not just locally but across the country.
At the time, it was thought that the root cause of the murders was an argument about the change - Ralph Lee was a butcher who sold meat to both European and Chinese miners at the Goldfields.
Sarah's son, George, was also injured. Sarah really was away from her home at the time.
Sarah really did marry again very soon after her husband was murdered - to Robert Blake.
All the names of people and places in my story are factual - except for the character of Mrs Smith. She is wholly my creation.
Fiction:
Although the names of most of the characters in this story are real, their personalities are invented by me.
Sarah was away from home on the evening of the murder - I invented a reason why.
Robert Blake, her second husband, DID disappear not long after she married him. No one knows what happened to him. Where did he go? I created a fictional outcome for him.
This is a real photo
of Sarah Jane Lee
Read MORE about Sarah Jane Lee at my other blog site Sarah Jane Lee.
And my Facebook page...search Facebook for Sarah Jane Lee/Huff
My Contact:
My name is Lynda Brown. You can contact me via email if you wish to comment on my story.
samsaralynda@gmail.com
Read Chapter 1 - If you can't see it below then click here or use the links at the right.
