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"Australia is lucky to have Keneally. Few writers have a public voice that one wants to take to the bedroom... He gets down and dirty with his characters form their perspective at the time... complex moderate and humane... likely to endure" (Nicholas Shakespeare Daily Telegraph)
"Evocative, broad-ranging and intelligently observed" (Mail on Sunday)
"Keneally has deployed his outstanding talents as a narrative writer to produce an enlivening, informative and judicious book about his country's troubled origins" (Barclay McBain Herald)
"Keneally has always had a grand talent for the telling of a tale. His rattling account of the genesis of his native city is one of his very best" (Carmen Callil The Times)
"The Commonwealth of Thieves is immaculately researched and historically exact... a great read and a useful scholarly resource....an account of an extraordinary event described with gusto and sympathy" (Kate Grenville Guardian)
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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.
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The Commonwealth of Thieves
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The Commonwealth of Thieves
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The Commonwealth of Thieves (The Sydney Experiment)
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Paper Covered Boards. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition. This 509 pp. indexed book is a fascinating account of the banishment of common thieves and highwaymen, by Great Britain in 1787, to the most remote spot in the known world -- Botany Bay in Australia. The book describes how this fledgling experiment, against all odds and logic, grew into the world-class city of Sydney. Photos upon request. Signed by Author(s). N° de réf. du vendeur 42891
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The Commonwealth Of Thieves: The Sydney Experiment
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24.0 x 16.0cms 510pp b/w illusts hardback & dustwrapper edge tanning & spine sunned good+ This book recounts the period of Arthur Phillip''s occupancy in Sydney finishing with his return to England with Bennelong & Yemmerrawanne in 1793. N° de réf. du vendeur 30018877
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The Commonwealth of Thieves-The Sydney Experiment
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 509 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; 19th century; ISBN: 1740513371. ISBN/EAN: 9781740513371. Dewey Code: 994.02 22. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB15715: 49 For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right. N° de réf. du vendeur RB15715
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The Commonwealth of Thieves The Sydney Experiment
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. First Edition. Pages tanned; 161 X 46 X 240 millimeters; 509 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur B5659
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The Commonwealth of Thieves: The Sydney Experiment by Tom Keneally
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Random House Australia, Sydney NSW, 2005
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Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing to title page. Pages are sunned. Dust jacket has creasing at edges and a small tear to tail front cover right corner now protected with book tape. In 1787, Great Britain banished its unwanted citizens to the remote Botany Bay. They were accompanied by a flimsy complement of soldiers, marines and offices. The settlement was expected to flourish but endured harsh conditions with famine and drought. It was an audacious social experiment unparalleled before or since. N° de réf. du vendeur TBM9781760894238
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The Commonwealth Of Thieves : The Sydney Experiment
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Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. Book condition is near fine. Hard cover. Dust Jacket fine condition. Book block clean. Text body clean. Overall a excellent book. N° de réf. du vendeur ABE-1656798929888
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The Commonwealth of Thieves; The Sydney Experiment
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Hard Cover. Etat : Fair. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. 1st Edition. This copy has been covered previously in sticky contact. The endpaper has been inscribed by a previous owner. The edges are slightly tanned. N° de réf. du vendeur AUSHIS067
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