The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts - Couverture rigide

Rees, Sian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0747272867 ISBN 13 : 9780747272861

Editeur : Headline Book Publishing, 2001

Synopsis

This is the story of the 237 women convicts on board "The Lady Julian", which set sail for Botany Bay, Australia, in July 1789. It tells of their voyage and their life in 18th-century Australia. Resources include trial records and the hand-written account of John Nicol, the ship's steward.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'Rees's meticulous research pays huge dividends...The account will be of interest to those who enjoy a rich vein of social and colonial history...Others will just enjoy the tale of bravery and human resilience' (Bookseller )

'a vivid, visceral and riveting account... Siân Rees wears her learning lightly and there is not a dull moment in what is, paradoxically, a wonderfully earthy read' (Guardian )

'Rees has produced a book which is simultaneously shocking and utterly engrossing....This wonderfully vivid book, beautifully written and all the more enthralling for being historically accurate, will stay in my mind for many months' (Daily Mail )

'They (girls on the Lady Julian) are luckier still to have their story told so tautly by Rees, whose first book is a miracle of compressed intelligence'. (Times )

'an exciting, tightly focused story' (Mail on Sunday )

'Sian Rees paints a vivid picture...For a first-time author this book is quite an achievement, and it is to be highly recommended for its freshness and vigour' (Literary Review )

'a grittily fascinating piece of social history' (Big Issue )

'Rees gives a voice to a group of illiterate, all-but-anonymous women who left no other record of themselves, and whose resilience and warmth in turn enrich a book that brings the ship herself to life as vividly as her human cargo' (Daily Telegraph )

'entertaining, exhaustively researched' (Sunday Times )

Présentation de l'éditeur

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, their voyage and life in eighteenth-century Australia. Based on painstaking research into contemporary sources such as trial records - most of the convicts were prostitutes or petty thieves - and the first-hand account of the voyage written by the ship's steward, John Nicol, who fell in love with the convict Sarah Whitelam, this is a riveting work of recovered history in the bestselling tradition of IN THE HEART OF THE SEA and THE FATAL SHORE.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Headline Book Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747272867
• ISBN 13: 9780747272861
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible