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A Cargo of Women Susannah Watson & the convicts of the Princess Royal
by Smith, Babette
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- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1877058335
- ISBN 13
- 9781877058332
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Rosenberg Publishing, Sydney, 2005. New Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. VIII, 254 pages, includes a map, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Illustrated paperback binding. The publication data of the first edition indicates that the book is a biography and yet, the blurb on the first page "in 1991 a Cargo of Women the novel took the story to a wider audience. The factual base behind the fiction that resulted one critic hailing it as " earthy and honest" and another commenting that "its fidelity to history and the convincing picture gives of the curious sisterhood which bound the women convicts, puts it is streets ahead of most -- historical fiction today"." The newspaper clipping included "It is good to see Babette Smith back writing about convicts. Her two books about convict women, one fact and one fiction and both called "A Cargo of Women" were among the finest evocations of convict life to have been written in Australia -- and that means the finest anywhere. Alan Atkinson SMH 23.8.2006 Signed on the title page , and with an inscription on the first page from the author to the previous owner. Size: Trade Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Australia; Women & Feminism. ISBN: 1877058335. ISBN/EAN: 9781877058332. Inventory No: 0254075. . 9781877058332
Synopsis
New edition of the bestselling history that traces the chequered story of 100 women transported together in 1829 to Sydney. Includes new information on the women and treatment of convicts, and new illustrations.Intrigued to discover a convict ancestor in her family tree, Babette Smith decided to investigate her life and the lives of the 99 women who were transported with her on the ship Princess Royal in 1829.Piece by piece she reveals the story of her ancestor the indomitable Susannah Watson who, trapped in the crowded filthy slums of Nottingham, stole because she could not bear to see her children starving'. Separated forever from her husband and four children, she was transported to Australia for 14 years. She endured the convict system at its worst, yet emerged triumphant to die in her bed aged 83 singing Rock of Ages'.Babette Smith reconstructs the lives of the women from the Princess Royal from fragments of information in shipping lists, official records, newspapers and court transcripts. Her research overturns stereotypes of women convicts as drunken whores and criminals. Caught in an England convulsed by change, they become the unwitting and unwilling pioneers of a new land. Many proved to be resourceful and resilient, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by a new society.First published two decades ago, A Cargo of Women became a bestseller and remains one of the most valuable accounts of convict life in Australia. This new edition includes further information about the women from the Princess Royal and new illustrations.Smith comes as close as any historian has come to reconstructing the complex experience of a convict woman an absorbing story.'Kay Daniels, Australian Historical Studies
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- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0254075
- Title
- A Cargo of Women Susannah Watson & the convicts of the Princess Royal
- Author
- Smith, Babette
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1877058335
- ISBN 13
- 9781877058332
- Publisher
- Rosenberg Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- BZDB2 convict, Australia, Female Biography History; Australia; Women & Feminism. Unbranded ISBN: 1877058335 EAN: 9781877058332 Smith, Babette A Cargo of Women Susannah Watson & the convicts of the Princess Royal
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