fatal shore
a history of the transportation of convicts to Australia,1787-1868
Edición de la obra The fatal shore
| Autor | Robert Hughes |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Guild Publishing |
| Fecha de publicación | 1987 |
| Lugar | London |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 688 |
| Número de Cutter | H894f |
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.