The Fatal Shore by Hughes, Robert

The Fatal Shore

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Author: Robert Hughes
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The Fatal Shore by Hughes, Robert

The Fatal Shore

$38.19

The Fatal Shore

$38.19
Author: Robert Hughes
Format: Paperback
Language: English
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - This incredible true history of the colonization of Australia explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today.

"One of the greatest non-fiction books I've ever read ... Hughes brings us an entire world." --Los Angeles Times

Digging deep into the dark history of England's infamous efforts to move 160,000 men and women thousands of miles to the other side of the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Hughes has crafted a groundbreaking, definitive account of the settling of Australia.

Tracing the European presence in Australia from early explorations through the rise and fall of the penal colonies, and featuring 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps, The Fatal Shore brings to life the history of the country we thought we knew.

Author: Robert Hughes
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/12/1988
Pages: 752
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.20w x 1.52d
ISBN: 9780394753669


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/11/1987
New York Review of Books 11/16/2006 pg. 14

About the Author
Robert Hughes was born in Australia in 1938. In 1970, he moved to the United States to become chief art critic for Time, a position he held until 2001. His books include The Shock of the New, The Fatal Shore, Nothing if Not Critical, The Culture of Complaint, Barcelona, American Visions, A Jerk on One End, Goya, Things I Didn't Know, and Rome. He is a New York Public Library Literary Lion and was the recipient of a number of literary awards and prizes, including two Frank Jewell-Mather Awards. He is widely held as the most respected art critic of our time.

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