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The Commonwealth of Thieves

By Thomas Keneally

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The Commonwealth of Thieves

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The story of modern Australia begins in eighteenth-century Britain, where people were hanged for petty offences but crime was rife, and the gaols were bursting. From this situation was born the Sydney experiment, with criminals perceived to be damaging British society transported to Sydney, an 'open air prison with walls 14,000 miles thick'. Eleven ships were dispatched in 1781, and arrived in Australia after eight hellish months at sea. Tom Keneally describes the first four years of the 'thief colony' and how, despite the escapes, the floggings, the murders and the rebellions, it survived against the odds to create a culture which would never have been tolerated in its homeland but which, in Australia, became part of the identity of a new and audacious nation. By the author of Schindler's Ark, since made into the internationally acclaimed film, Schindler's List.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
528
Release Date:
2007-06-07
Publication Date:
2007-06-07
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099483742
ISBN13:
9780099483748
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
366 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
37 cm

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