The Fatal Shore: A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868
- ISBN-10
- 1860461506
- ISBN-13
- 9781860461507
- Series
- The Fatal Shore
- Category
- Australia
- Pages
- 688
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Author
- Robert Hughes
Description
The Fatal Shore reveals the full extent of Australia's role as the concentration camp of Georgian England, and in doing so has set new standards in the writing of narrative history
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