The Commonwealth Of Thieves

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Random House
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2006
Edition: Reprint

Description: 509 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In this spirited history of the remarkable first four years of the convict settlement of Australia, Thomas Keneally offers us a human view of a fascinating piece of history. Combining the authority of a renowned historian with a brilliant narrative flair, Keneally gives us an inside view of this unprecedented experiment from the perspective of the new colonys governor, Arthur Phillips. Using personal journals and documents, Keneally re-creates the hellish overseas voyage and the challenges Phillips faced upon arrival: unruly convicts, disgruntled officers, bewildered and hostile natives, food shortages, and disease. He also offers captivating portrayals of Aborigines and of convict settlers who were determined to begin their lives anew. A Commonwealth of Thieves immerses us in the fledgling penal colony and conjures up the thrills and hardships of those first four improbable years.From the Trade Paperback edition.

ISBN: 9781760894238