THE FATAL SHORE: The Epic of AustraliaÕs Founding
de Hughes, Robert
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- ISBN 10
- 0394506685
- ISBN 13
- 9780394506685
- Librería
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Grafton, Vermont, United States
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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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- Librería
- Sapsucker Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 14773
- Título
- THE FATAL SHORE: The Epic of AustraliaÕs Founding
- Autor
- Hughes, Robert
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0394506685
- ISBN 13
- 9780394506685
- Editorial
- Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1986(87)
- Palabras clave
- Australia History Penal Colonies
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