A long way home
By: Mike Walker.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, England; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Bryant, Mary, b. 1765.; Thieves -- England -- Cornwall (County) -- Biography.; Exiles -- Australia -- Biography.; Convict ships -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.; Convict ships -- Australia -- History -- 18th century.; Women prisoners -- Australia -- Biography.; Prisoners -- Australia -- Biography.; Penal colonies -- Australia -- History -- 18th century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Born a fisherman's daughter in 18th century Cornwall, poverty and ambition drove Mary Broad to become a daring highwaywoman. Arrested and tried, she was sentenced to be transported on the first convict fleet sent to the unknown continent of Australia. Despite brutality and starvation, she survived, married and had children and, with her husband, Will Bryant, stole an open boat and sailed 3,500 miles over unknown oceans to escape to Timor. Here she was captured by the sadistic Captain Edwards, who was hunting the Bounty mutineers, and returned, under appalling conditions, to Britain where she faced certain death in the execution yard at Newgate prison."

"A Long Way Home tells the incredible and heart rending story of Mary and of the two extraordinary men whose lives became entangled with hers; the naval spy and brilliant seaman, Captain Arthur Phillip, who founded the first colony in Australia, and James Boswell, rake and biographer, who, at the end of a misspent life, found a cause worth fighting for."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-405) and indexes.
"The life and adventures of the convict Mary Bryant"--Jkt.