Bibliograph

The floating brothel, the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts, Siân Rees

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The floating brothel, the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts, Siân Rees

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The floating brothel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Siân Rees

Sub title

the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts

Summary

This work of rediscovered history tells for the first time the plight of the female convicts aboard the Lady Julian, which set sail from England in 1789 and arrived in Australia's Botany Bay a year later. The women, most of them petty criminals, were destined for New South Wales to provide its hordes of lonely men with sexual favors as well as progeny. But the story of their voyage is even more incredible, and here it is told by a historian with roots in the boatbuilding business

Target audience

adult

Creator