The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an 18th-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts
by Sian Rees | Journals | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0747266328 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0747266328 Global Overview for this book
Registered by rem_BSQ-170388 on 12/6/2005
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In July 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Botany Bay in Australia on board a ship called the Lady Julian, destined to provide sexual services and a breeding bank for the men already there. This is the enthralling story of the women and their voyage.
Based on painstaking research and primary sources, such as court records and the first-hand account of the voyage written by the ship's steward who fell in love with 19-year-old Sarah Whitelam, this is a riveting work of recovered history.
Paperback, 248 p.
With b/w drawings.
In July 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Botany Bay in Australia on board a ship called the Lady Julian, destined to provide sexual services and a breeding bank for the men already there. This is the enthralling story of the women and their voyage.
Based on painstaking research and primary sources, such as court records and the first-hand account of the voyage written by the ship's steward who fell in love with 19-year-old Sarah Whitelam, this is a riveting work of recovered history.
Paperback, 248 p.
With b/w drawings.
