Author: Robert Hughes
Brand: Vintage Books
Edition: First Edition
Features:
- The Fatal Shore By Hughes Robert
Release Date: 01-01-1986
Details: Draws on diverse original materials to recount the European settlement of Australia from the 1788 landing of the first prison fleet to 1868 In this bestselling account of the colonization of Australia Robert Hughes explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today Digging deep into the dark history of England s infamous efforts to move 160 000 men and women thousands of miles to the other side of the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Hughes has crafted a groundbreaking definitive account of the settling of Australia Tracing the European presence in Australia from early explorations through the rise and fall of the penal colonies and featuring 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps The Fatal Shore brings to life the incredible true history of a country we thought we knew In this bestselling account of the colonization of Australia acclaimed author and critic Robert Hughes explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today Digging deep into the dark history of England s infamous efforts to move 160 000 men and women thousands of miles to the other side of the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Hughes has crafted a groundbreaking definitive account of the settling of Australia Tracing the European presence in Australia from early explorations through the rise and fall of the penal colonies and featuring 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps The Fatal Shore brings to life the incredible true history of a country we thought we knew The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffereing and brutality of England s infamous convict transportation system With 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps
EAN: 9780394753669
Languages: English
Binding: paperback
Item Condition: New
