The Fatal ShoreKnopf, 1987 - Počet stran: 688 A riveting, brilliantly written account of the birth of Australia out of the suffering and brutality of England's infamous convict transportation system. The epic story of a jail that became a flourishing nation, by the author of The Shock of the New. 16 pages of halftones. |
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The Fatal Shore: A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia ... Robert Hughes Zobrazení fragmentů - 1988 |
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