The Fatal Shore
Robert Hughes
Vintage Books (1986)
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Australia, Exiles, Exiles/ Australia/ History, Penal Colonies, Penal Colonies/ Australia/ History
e-Book 9780394506685
English
A riveting, brilliantly written account of the birth of Australia out of the suffering and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. The epic story of a jail that became a flourishing nation, by the author of The Shock of the New. 16 pages of halftones.
Product Details
LoC Classification DU115 .H78 1987
Dewey 994
Cover Price £24.95
No. of Pages 752
Height x Width 239 x 147  mm
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