The Fatal Shore
by Hughes, Robert
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine with no DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0394753666
- ISBN 13
- 9780394753669
- Seller
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Morganton, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Chris Hartmann, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025904
- Title
- The Fatal Shore
- Author
- Hughes, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no DJ
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394753666
- ISBN 13
- 9780394753669
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Australia
- Bookseller catalogs
- History / Expeditions;
Terms of Sale
Chris Hartmann, Bookseller
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