The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole

The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford and starring Lottie Lyell. It is based on the true story of Margaret Catchpole, an adventuress and convict.

In the south coast of England, a young woman, Margaret Catchpole Lottie Lyell, is pursued by two men, the smuggler Will Laud Raymond Longford and the coastguard officer Lieutenant Barry Augustus Neville. Laud is killed in a fight with coast guards and Margaret is sentenced to Botany Bay for horse stealing. She later marries Barry, who has since moved to Sydney, and becomes wellregarded for her hospital work.In 1845 Richard Cobbolds historical novel The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl was published, which helped make Catchpole famous, even if it did distort history. ........

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