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- EditoreRandom House
- Data di pubblicazione2006
- ISBN 10 1760894230
- ISBN 13 9781760894238
- RilegaturaPaperback
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The Commonwealth Of Thieves
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Random House, Sydney
(2006)
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Fine. Reprint. 509 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Codice articolo 210740
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The Commonwealth of Thieves: The Sydney Experiment
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Random House, Australia
(2006)
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Descrizione libro Softcover. Condizione: Good. A brilliant recreation of the first four years of white settlement in Australia by Booker Prize-winning author Tom Keneally. In 1787, Britain banished its unwanted citizens - uneducated petty thieves, streetwalkers, orphan chimneysweeps and dashing highwaymen - to the fringes of the known world. So remote was Botany Bay - the destination to which the overcrowded, disease-ridden convict ships were bound - that only one European expedition had ever before anchored there. Yet the rejects of Britain, accompanied only by a flimsy complement of soldiers, marines and officers, were expected to start a settlement and flourish. It was an audacious social experiment, unparalleled before or since. To the indigenous inhabitants, the white men came as ghosts through cracks in the cosmos, rudely seizing the bounty of land and sea. On the swampy shores of Botany Bay, and by the sandstone coves of Sydney Harbour, the clash of civilisations was ineviteable, intense and often tragic. From this improbable beginning, through famine, drought, escapes and floggings, the glory of modern Sydney was born. Britain's penal experiment succeeded against all odds. 509 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian::Australian History; History; ISBN/EAN: 9781760894238. Inventory No: 262640. Codice articolo 262640
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A Commonwealth of Thieves The Sydney Experiment
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 510 pages. Codice articolo B5961
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