The Fatal Shore (Paperback, New Ed)

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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Visceral punch to the gut, man's cruelty and enduring hope packed into one explosion of description.

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 | Review by: Rob P.

This book details the wide gulf between criminals and the elite. Slavery and bloody descriptions of the cruelty endured by many in the birth of a colonial nation. The graphic descriptions of bravery in the face of demonic punishments were horrific. I felt those shackles biting into my flesh and the floggings tearing at my back. Humanity does triumph but at an enormous cost. A compelling read.

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