Escape from Botany Bay - Couverture souple

Hausman, Gerald; Hausman, Loretta

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1617202037 ISBN 13 : 9781617202032

Editeur : Irie Books, 2011

Synopsis

Condemned to a penal colony in Australia for stealing a woman's bonnet, young Mary Bryant braves every danger in Britain's newest colony, Australia -- disease, famine, rape, and the cruelty of the penal system. As the first convict married in Australia, Mary and her husband Will learn from aboriginal friends how to survive. In time they also learn how to escape. Traveling three months and three thousand miles, Mary's courageous feat is yet unequaled by a woman with two young children traversing rough seas for so many miles in an open boat without training or navigational equipment. Mary's capture, return to England and the curious trial that determines if she lives or dies is filled with drama, and all the more interesting for the portrait of her real-life attorney, James Boswell.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This novel tells the true story of Mary Bryant, a spirited girl in 18th century England, who is sentenced to a prison ship bound for Australia but makes a harrowing escape.

Caught stealing a lady's bonnet in Cornwall, England, in 1786, 19-year-old Mary Broad is sentenced to seven years' incarceration on a prison ship bound for Australia. Amid squalid, dangerous conditions below decks, Mary fights for her life and her dignity, and her spirited, outspoken ways rally her fellow prisoners. She also attracts the attention of Watkin Tench, a marine who helps her get food and clothing and whose child she eventually bears. But Tench will not marry her, and Mary is betrothed to Will Bryant, another convict whom she'd known as a child.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Irie Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1617202037
• ISBN 13: 9781617202032
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 194
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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