Beautiful Bodies Tapa dura - 2009

Pan Macmillan Australia Pty. Ltd., Sydney, 2009. Softcover (16 x 24 cm), 327 pages. ISBN: 9781405039468. Good condition. Bumped, scuffed. Rolled, creased at corners & edges. Page corners rolled/creased. "In August 1833, the Amphitrite, a small convict ship bound for the colonies of Australia, was wrecked in a terrible storm on the coast of France. She carried 102 female prisoners, 12 of their children, along with the captain, the crew, a medical officer and one passenger – the medical officer's wife. Only three people survived. It was the convict era's first major shipwreck. The death of so many women and children, largely due to the incompetence and blind bigotry of those responsible for their safety, was a scandal that threatened to rock the very foundations of the transportation system. The reaction of the British Government was to cover it up, refusing to release even the names of the dead, depriving those tragic women and children of their very identity,… Leer más

Sydney & Auckland: MacMillan, 2009 327 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Paperback. Very Good. Size F: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).