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The extraordinary true story of the "Lady Julian" and its cargo of 200 female convicts bound form England to Botany Bay, New South Wales. These female convicts were taken from London's fever-ridden, overcrowded Newgate Goal and bound for Australia, during their journey as was the custom aboard ship, each sailor was entitled to take a woman, an arrangement that brought privileges to the female convict as well as relief for the men. There were several children born during the journey. What happened top these women when they arrived at Port Jackson is on eof the many fascinating stories in this lively book. Author Rees casts a new light on an important and under-documented corner of Australia's history.

The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary Story of the Lady Julian and Its Cargo of Female Convicts Bound for Botany Bay.

History

Australia & Oceania

Hachette Livre Australia

The Ship Thieves

Hodder Headline Australia

Product Details ISBN: 9780733619144 Category: General Format: Paperback Publication Date: 2005-09-01 Publisher: Hachette Australia Country of origin: AUS Pages: 321 Weight: 186g Ship Thieves: The Amazing Tale And Unfortunate Life Of James Porter - Australian Convict, Pirate And Master Mariner As dusk came down on the evening of 13 January 1834, James Porter and nine other convicts, transported at His Majesty's Pleasure to Van Diemen's Land, captured the newly launched barque the Frederick from their British masters. James Porter had spent the majority of his days since transportation planning how he would escape. Though he had mastered the art of fleeing his captors, he had not ever managed to stay free for long. The men decided to make their way to Valdivia, on the coast of Chile. Six thousand miles away on the other side of the Pacific, surely they could evade the British and assume new identities as shipwrecked mariners? But the might of the British Empire was not to take the piracy and escape of ten convicts lightly and after surviving the perilous journey (an amazing feat of seamanship) and starting a new life in a small town, James Porter's freedom was cruelly snatched away. Porter was again transported to Australia. Eventually, after further attempts to escape he ended up on Norfolk Island. On the island many a convict's spirit was broken but the tenacious attitude of James Porter survived.

The Ship Thieves : The Amazing Tale and Unfortunate Life of James Porter - Australian Convict, Pirate and Master Mariner

World

HACHETTE LIVRE AUSTRALIA - HOD

In July 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Botany Bay in Australia on board a ship called The Lady Julian, destined to provide sexual services and a breeding bank for the men already there. This is the enthralling story of the women and their voyage. Based on painstaking research into contemporary sources such as letters, trial records and the first-hand account of the voyage written by the ship's steward, John Nicol, this is a riveting work of recovered history. The Floating Brothel brilliantly conjures up the sights, sounds and particularly the smells of life on board ship at the time and is populated by a cast of larger-than-life characters you will never forget.

The Floating Brothel : The Extraordinary True Story of an 18Th-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts

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In 1854, an ambitious Irish courtesan met a South American General in Paris and returned with him to Paraguay. When he became President, she became his de facto first lady and together they changed the course of the country's history. Consumed by desire for Napoleonic glory, General President Lopez took Paraguay into a disastrous war against her neighbours. Elisa Lynch went with him on campaign, turning conditions of war to her advantage where she could. He was killed in the northern hills but she survived, only to be expelled from Paraguay and die an obscure death in Paris. Reviled and respected, loved and distrusted, Elisa Lynch has been described as both a heroic companion to Lopez and a malign enchantress. In "The Shadows of Elisa Lynch", Sian Rees tells her fascinating story of recovered history.

The Shadows of Elisa Lynch

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Long before Eva Peron turned Argentina upside down, Elisa Lynch brought Paraguay to its knees. In 1854, an ambitious Irish courtesan met a South American General in Paris and returned with him to Paraguay. When he became President, she became his de facto first lady and together they changed the course of the country's history. Consumed by desire for Napoleonic glory, General President Lopez took Paraguay into a disastrous war against her neighbours. Elisa Lynch went with him on campaign, turning conditions of war to her advantage where she could. He was killed in the northern hills but she survived, only to be expelled from Paraguay and die an obscure death in Paris. Reviled and respected, loved and distrusted, Elisa Lynch has been described as both a heroic companion to Lopez and a malign enchantress. In The Shadows of Elisa Lynch, Sian Rees tells her fascinating story of recovered history.

The Shadows of Elisa Lynch : How a Nineteenth-Century Irish Courtesan Became the Most Powerful Woman in Paraguay

Lucie Aubrac: The French Resistance Heroine Who Defied the Gestapo

Responsibility, Law and the Family

MICHAEL O`MARA BOOKS

The Ship Thieves: TheTrue Tales of James Porter, Colonial Pirate: The True Tale of James Porter, Col

Aurum Press Ltd

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