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The Fatal Shore

The Fatal Shore

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The Fatal Shore

by Hughes, Robert

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ISBN 10
0394506685
ISBN 13
9780394506685
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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, obscure documents.... Hughes creates a wonderfully vivid picture of the background of transportation: the squalor and depression behind the gracious facade of Gergian life (in 1797 one in eight Londoners lived by crime), the savage laws designed to deal with the mob." Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 4 oz.). BCE. . Fine/Near Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

Synopsis

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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Seller
Twin City Antiquarian Books US (US)
Seller's Inventory #
HIAU00001
Title
The Fatal Shore
Author
Hughes, Robert
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
BCE
ISBN 10
0394506685
ISBN 13
9780394506685
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1987
Keywords
History - Australia
Bookseller catalogs
History - Australia;
X weight
64 oz
Size
24 X 16½ cm

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