FLOATING BROTHEL, THE
Subtitle: THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY SHIP AND ITS CARGO OF FEMALE CONVICTS
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: March 6, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780786867875
Subjects: History: World; Penology; History; Europe - Great Britain - General; History - General History; Penal colonies; New South Wales; Australia & New Zealand - Australia; History / General; History / Great Britain; History-Australia & New Zealand - Australia; Social Science-Penology; Prisoners, Transportation of; General; 18th century; Australia; Great Britain
First sentence: Winter 1788, London. At the bottom of the Mall, outside the royal stables, a 26-year-old Scots prostitute staked out her space and began the night's work.