Botany Bay: The Real Story by Alan Frost

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor edgewear. Small mark on inside title page.

This book digs deeper and sheds new light on the decision to start a colony in Australia.

Frost examines the impact of the American War of Independence and Britain's shifting strategic aims, the role of ministerial incompetence and ambition, and the concerns of a turbulent society obsessed with law and order.

In doing so, Frost questions several accepted ideas about how and why Britain set its sights on an Australian colony.