My Lists
Featured Lists
The floating brothel
the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts
By Rees, Sian E.
- ISBN
- 978-0-78686-787-5
- Publisher
- New York : THEIA/Hyperion, c2002.
REVIEWS
Library Journal
Reviewed on February 15, 2002
A Cornish Oxford graduate from a boat designer/builder family, Rees grants us a witty, learned, fun read. This work of nautical history recounts the 1789-90 voyage from England to Australia of a ship full of female convicts. The book covers the women's crimes, trials, and appalling jails back home, which for many put a more favorable cast on the prison ship and the near-starving colony receiving...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
