Crime, Punishment and Redemption: A Convict's Story by June Slee
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Crime, Punishment and Redemption: A Convict's Story by June Slee

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9780642278456
Author: June Slee
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: National Library of Australia
Place: Canberra ACT
Year: 2014
Format: Paperback
Pages: 216 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with all external stickers removed. Partial date due slip on inside page. Wear to book corners and edges. Book is clean and binding intact.

John Ward, writing whilst incarcerated on Norfolk Island, tells a story of thwarted love that, he claims, led him to a life of crime: including theft, sexual assault and more. In telling the candid story of his downfall, he exposes his ruthlessness and lack of empathy.

This book is an insight into the criminal mind, ably examined by author June Slee. It is a glimpse into 19th-century aristocratic life, dress, food, pastimes and prejudices from a servant's perspective (Ward was a groom to an officer gentleman). And it is a unique record, perhaps the only extant diary ever written during the Australian penal era whilst its convict writer was imprisoned.

Plus, Ward records a particular moment in our history: not only life aboard prison hulks which he describes in detail, but also the timing of his arrival in Sydney when convicts were no longer being accepted; he was sent straight to Norfolk Island, where we get a fascinating insight into the rule of Captain Alexander Maconochie.

Moconochie believed in a system of improvement for convicts based on a marks system for good behaviour rather than humiliating punishment. In this way, Ward gained access to writing materials for his diary. (back cover)

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