The Fatal Shore: The epic of Australia's founding
by Robert Hughes
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0394753666
- ISBN 13
- 9780394753669
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a good read
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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- ink stains (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 508396
- Title
- The Fatal Shore: The epic of Australia's founding
- Author
- Robert Hughes
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394753666
- ISBN 13
- 9780394753669
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988-02-12