The Fatal Shore
by Hughes, Robert
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002173611
- ISBN 13
- 9780002173612
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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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's Inventory #
- 229157
- Title
- The Fatal Shore
- Author
- Hughes, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002173611
- ISBN 13
- 9780002173612
- Publisher
- Collins, Harvill
- Place of Publication
- Wichita Fall, Texas , U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Size
- 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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