The Fatal Shore

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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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Other Editions

• The Fatal ShoreElectronic resourceRandom House Group Limited2010-01-01
• The fatal shoreGuild Publishing1987-01-01
• Fatal ShoreRandom House Audio1988-03-12
• The fatal shoreThe Folio Society1998-01-01
• The Fatal ShorePaperbackVintage2003-01-02
• The Fatal ShoreVintage2003-01-02