The Epic of Australia's Founding
Paperback
Publication Date: 12/02/1988
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - This incredible true history of the colonization of Australia explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today. One of the greatest non-fiction books I've ever read ... Hughes brings us an entire world. --Los Angeles Times 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 history of the country we thought we knew.
- ISBN:
- 9780394753669
- 9780394753669
- Category:
- Australasian & Pacific history
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 12-02-1988
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 200.91x135.13x42.16mm
- Weight:
- 0.61kg
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