The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia
by Hughes, Robert
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- ISBN 13
- 9780002173612
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An extraordinary vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip ZieglerIn 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonize Australia-An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia. The Fatal Shore is the prize-winning, scholarly, brilliantly entertaining narrative that has given its true history to Australia.
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- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
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- Title
- The fatal shore : a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia
- Author
- Hughes, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002173611
- ISBN 13
- 9780002173612
- Publisher
- London : Collins Harvill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1987
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