The floating brothel : the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts
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Published
New York : Hyperion, [2002].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Dolores Public Library - NONFICTION | TRUE CRIME 365.6 REES | On Shelf |
Silverton Public Library - NONFICTION | 365.6 REES | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Convict ships -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Female offenders -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Lady Juliana (Ship)
Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History -- 18th century.
Penal colonies -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Penal transportation -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Women prisoners -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Female offenders -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Lady Juliana (Ship)
Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History -- 18th century.
Penal colonies -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Penal transportation -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
Women prisoners -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Published
New York : Hyperion, [2002].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-223) and index.
Description
"In July 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Sydney Cove in Australia's New South Wales on board a ship called the Lady Julian. The women, most of them petty criminals, were destined to provide the colony's hordes of lonely men with sexual favors as well as progeny. This is the enthralling story of that extraordinary group of women and their voyage halfway around the world." "Historian Sian Rees delved into court documents, letters and journals to extract firsthand accounts of the women's experiences on board a ship that both held them prisoner and offered them refuge from their oppressive existence in London. Forced by the economy of the times to beg, steal and sell themselves, the women of the Lady Julian defined resourcefulness, and set up profitable businesses in their various ports of call. Many formed relationships with the ship's officers and sailors, and when the ship landed in New South Wales, they had newborn babies to show for it. At the heart of this riveting history is the passionate relationship between Sarah Whitelam, a convict, and the ship's steward, John Nicol, whose personal journals provided much of the material for this book." "Along the way, Rees brings the sights, smells and sounds of an eighteenth-century ship vividly to life. Rollicking and exhaustively researched, The Floating Brothel ends with a grand beginning - the landing of these "disorderly girls" on a rugged continent that they would make their own."--BOOK JACKET
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rees, S. (2002). The floating brothel: the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts (First edition.). Hyperion.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rees, Siân, 1965-. 2002. The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts. Hyperion.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rees, Siân, 1965-. The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts Hyperion, 2002.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rees, Siân. The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts First edition., Hyperion, 2002.
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