Hughes, Robert The Fatal Shore ISBN 13: 9780394506685

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Draws on diverse original materials to recount the European settlement of Australia, from the 1788 landing of the first prison fleet to 1868

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"A brilliant and enduring achievement...history of the highest order combining thorough research with vivid narrative and thoughtful assessment."--Arthur M. Schlesinger

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

"A great achievement: Hughes has a story to tell as vivid, large-scale, and appalling as anything by Dickens or Solzhenitsyn, but one that s virtually unknown until the writing of this splendid book." Susan Sontag
"Engrossing . . . richly peopled with bizarre and compelling characters." The New York Times Book Review

"A magnificent history, with a richness of detail that is as mesmerizing as it is horrifying. . . . It is both passionate and compassionate." The Washington Post Book World

"Splendid . . . Robert Hughes combines the narrative skills of the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty with the sharp eye of de Tocqueville." Gorde Vidal
"A brilliant and enduring achievement . . . history of the highest order combining thorough research with vivid narrative and thoughtful assessment." Arthur M. Schlesinger"

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

-A great achievement: Hughes has a story to tell as vivid, large-scale, and appalling as anything by Dickens or Solzhenitsyn, but one that's virtually unknown--until the writing of this splendid book.- --Susan Sontag
-Engrossing . . . richly peopled with bizarre and compelling characters.- --The New York Times Book Review

-A magnificent history, with a richness of detail that is as mesmerizing as it is horrifying. . . . It is both passionate and compassionate.- --The Washington Post Book World

-Splendid . . . Robert Hughes combines the narrative skills of the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty with the sharp eye of de Tocqueville.- --Gorde Vidal
-A brilliant and enduring achievement . . . history of the highest order combining thorough research with vivid narrative and thoughtful assessment.- --Arthur M. Schlesinger

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

"A great achievement: Hughes has a story to tell as vivid, large-scale, and appalling as anything by Dickens or Solzhenitsyn, but one that's virtually unknown--until the writing of this splendid book." --Susan Sontag

"Engrossing . . . richly peopled with bizarre and compelling characters." --The New York Times Book Review

"A magnificent history, with a richness of detail that is as mesmerizing as it is horrifying. . . . It is both passionate and compassionate." --The Washington Post Book World

"Splendid . . . Robert Hughes combines the narrative skills of the authors of Mutiny on the Bounty with the sharp eye of de Tocqueville." --Gorde Vidal

"A brilliant and enduring achievement . . . history of the highest order combining thorough research with vivid narrative and thoughtful assessment." --Arthur M. Schlesinger
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'An extraordinary vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip Ziegler

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  • PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
  • Publication date1987
  • ISBN 10 0394506685
  • ISBN 13 9780394506685
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages688
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