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The floating brothel : the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts
- Title
- The floating brothel : the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts / Sian Rees.
- Author
- Rees, Siân, 1965-
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Hyperion, c2002.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 03-2530 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 236 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Penal colonies > Australia > New South Wales > History > 18th century
- Convict ships > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Penal transportation > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Penal colonies > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Women prisoners > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Lady Juliana (Ship)
- Female offenders > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-223) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Disorderly girls -- 2. Fair British nymphs -- 3. Gaol fever -- 4. Galleons reach -- 5. Life in the river -- 6. Capital convicts condemned -- 7. Leaving London -- 8. Becoming in turns outrageous -- 9. Santa Cruz de Tenerife -- 10. Crossing the line -- 11. The birth of John Nicol Junior -- 12. The wreck of the Guardian -- 13. Cape Town to Sydney Cove -- 14. A cargo so unnecessary -- 15. Love pilgrimages.
- Call Number
- JFE 03-2530
- ISBN
- 0786867876
- LCCN
- 2001046338
- OCLC
- 47705859
- Author
- Rees, Siân, 1965-
- Title
- The floating brothel : the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts / Sian Rees.
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y. : Hyperion, c2002.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-223) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-2530