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In this bestselling account of the colonization of Australia, Robert Hughes explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today. Digging deep into the dark history of England's infamous efforts to move 160,000 men and women thousands of miles to the other side of the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Hughes has crafted a groundbreaking, definitive account of the settling of Australia. Tracing the European presence in Australia from early explorations through the rise and fall of the penal colonies, and featuring 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps, The Fatal Shore brings to life the incredible true history of a country we thought we knew. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This incredible true history of the colonization of Australia explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today.'One of the greatest non-fiction books I've ever read... Hughes brings us an entire world.'—Los Angeles Times Digging deep into the dark history of England's infamous efforts to move 160,000 men and women thousands of miles to the other side of the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Hughes has crafted a groundbreaking, definitive account of the settling of Australia. Tracing the European presence in Australia from early explorations through the rise and fall of the penal colonies, and featuring 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps, The Fatal Shore brings to life the history of the country we thought we knew. In this account of the colonization of Australia, Robert Hughes explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today. Digging deep into the dark history of England's infamous efforts to move 160,000 men and women thousands of miles to the other side of the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Hughes has crafted a definitive account of the settling of Australia. Traces the European presence in Australia from early explorations through the rise and fall of the penal colonies Harbor and the exiles Horse foaled by an acorn Geographical unconscious Starvation years Voyage Who were the convicts? Bolters and bushrangers Bunters, Mollies and Sable Brethren Government stroke Gentlemen of New South Wales To plough Van Diemen's Land Metastasis Norfolk Island Toward oblivion Special scourge Aristocracy be we End of the system Appendices: Governor and Chief Executives of New South Wales, 1788-1855 Chief Executives of Van Diemen's Land, 1803-53 Secretaries of State for the colonies, 1794-1855. An extraordinary volume--even a masterpiece--about the early history of Australia that reads like the finest of novels. Hughes captures everything in this complex tableau with narrative finesse that drives the reader ever-deeper into specific facts and greater understanding. He presents compassionate understanding of the plights of colonists--both freemen and convicts--and the Aboriginal peoples they displaced. One of the very best works of history I have ever read

The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffereing and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. With 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps.

"...In his marvelous new history, he brings convict Australia to life both in his own words and those of its inhabitants..."--Chicago Sun Times

The history of the birth of Australia which came out of the suffering and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. With 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps. One of the greatest non-fiction books I've ever read . . . Hughes brings us an entire world. --Los Angeles Times Incredibly rich and detailed account of the first white settlers that arrived in Australia, and what they found when they arrived. Riveting.