The Fatal Shore: History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia 1787 - 1868 by Robert Hughes

The Fatal Shore: History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia 1787 - 1868

Robert Hughes

618 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

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An extraordinary volume--even a masterpiece - about the early history of Australia that reads like the finest of novels. Hughes captures everything in this complex tableau with narrative finesse that drives the reader ever deeper into specific fac...

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