The Fatal Shore
by Hughes, Robert
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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Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
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New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Sixth Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. A history of the birth of Australia, out of England's infamous convict transportation system, which transported a whole unwanted class of people from the first ship in… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter light grey cloth with light grey paper-covered boards, initials in silver on front board, xxvi, 688 pp, 7 maps, 16 ff b/w plates, notes, bibliography, index. History of Australia's 80 years as a penal colony, from "hundreds of original sources--letters, diaries,… Read more about this item Item Price
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