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The Girl from Botany Bay
by Erickson, Carolly
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good. No dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0471271403
- ISBN 13
- 9780471271406
- Seller
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About This Item
John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2005. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good. No dust jacket.. 234 p. Illustrations. Notes. A Note on Sources. Index. From prizewinning biographer Carolly Erickson, the harrowing story of a celebrated convict's 4, 000--mile escape from prison by sea with her two small children In 1788, the British government commuted nineteen--year--old Mary Bryant's death sentence and transported her to Botany Bay, the penal colony in Australia. Her crime: stealing a lady's bonnet. In Australia, Mary married another convict and had two children, but harsh conditions made life increasingly unbearable. In 1791, she, her family, and seven other convicts escaped in a small open boat and sailed an astonishing 4, 000 miles to the Dutch colony at Timor. The convicts initially passed as survivors of a shipwreck, but they were soon exposed, rounded up, and put on a ship back to England. Mary's two children died of fever on the voyage, and it seemed likely that she would face transportation back to Australia. But in England, her amazing escape and tragic story quickly became a cause celebre, and Mary was ultimately pardoned. Now, in this gripping narrative history, Carolly Erickson brings this remarkable woman to life, offering an indelible account of crime, punishment, heroism, and redemption. Carolly Erickson (Kailua, HI) is a distinguished historian who has written biographies of Empress Josephine, Tsarina Alexandra, and Queens Elizabeth I, Victoria, and Elizabeth II.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62091
- Title
- The Girl from Botany Bay
- Author
- Erickson, Carolly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good. No dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0471271403
- ISBN 13
- 9780471271406
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Somerset, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- William Allen, Samuel BIrd, William Bligh, James Boswell, Emanual Bryant, Mary Bryant, William Bryant, John Butcher, James Cox, Prison Ship, Port Jackson, Escape, Nathaniel Lilley, James Martin, William Morton, Arthur Phillip, Charlotte Spence, Watki
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