1788: The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet: The Biggest Single Overseas Migration the World Had Ever Seen by David Hill

1788: The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet: The Biggest Single Overseas Migration the World Had Ever Seen

David Hill

392 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction historical history informative medium-paced
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Set against the backdrop of Georgian England with its peculiar mix of elegance, prosperity, progress, and squalor, the story of the First Fleet is one of courage, shortsightedness, tragedy, but above all, extraordinary resilience. Separated from l...

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