The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
by Hughes, Robert
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0394753666
- ISBN 13
- 9780394753669
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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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- Title
- The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
- Author
- Hughes, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394753666
- ISBN 13
- 9780394753669
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pacifica;
- Size
- Thick Octavo
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