Fatal Shore a History of - Transportation of Convict

Informationen zum Autor Robert Hughes, art critic of Time magazine and twice winner of the American College Art Association's F. J. Mather Award for distinguished criticism, is author of The Shock of the New , and of Heaven and Hell in Western Art . He is also author of the acclaimed Nothing if Not Critical , a work on Frank Auerbach; Barcelona , and Culture of Complaint , essays on the fraying of America. Robert Hughes died in August 2012. Klappentext A landmark history that confronts Britain's colonisation of Australia. In The Fatal Shore , historian and critic Robert Hughes offers a vivid, unflinching account of Britain's colonisation of Australia; a history built on the forced transportation of convicts and the dispossession of Indigenous peoples. Drawing on meticulous research, Hughes recreates the harsh realities of the penal system, the endurance of those sent to the colonies, and the profound human cost of empire. 'An enthralling account... brimming over with rare and pungent characters, and tales of pathos, bravery, and horror' Peter Matthiessen 'A unique phantasmagoria of crime and punishment, which combines the shadowy terrors of Goya with the tumescent life of Dickens' Peter Ackroyd, The Times Zusammenfassung An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Hughes, Hughes R
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2003
• EAN: 9780099448549
• ISBN: 978-0-09-944854-9
• No. of pages: 720
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Australia, British Empire, HISTORY / Modern / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, Travel writing, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, Colonialism and imperialism, Slavery & abolition of slavery, 1714–1837 (Georgian period), Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Slavery and abolition of slavery