A merciless place
Subtitle: the lost story of Britain's convict disaster in Africa and how it led to the settlement of Australia
By: Emma Christopher
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781742372273
Subjects: Prisoners; Transportations; Penal colonies; History; Transportation of convicts; Transportation
Description: In this book, the author has found the 'missing link' between the American Revolution and The Fatal Shore, and tells the extraordinary story - lost for two centuries - of how a failed British attempt to establish a penal colony in West Africa led to their eventual decision to abandon their African plans and establish a new colony in the recently discovered colony known as New South Wales.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.