Ten Rogues: The Unlikely Story of Convict Schemers, a Stolen Brig and an Escape From Van Diemen’s Land to Chile by Peter Grose

Ten Rogues: The Unlikely Story of Convict Schemers, a Stolen Brig and an Escape From Van Diemen’s Land to Chile by Peter Grose

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781760632618
Author: Peter Grose
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place: Crows Nest NSW
Year: 2020
Format: Paperback
Pages: 248 pages

Book Description

Secondhand. Near fine condition.

A band of convicts, a scoundrel named Jimmy Porter, a stolen brig and a daring plan for escape.

From the grim docks of nineteenth-century London to the even grimmer shores of the brutal penal colony of Norfolk Island, this is a roller-coaster tale. It has everything: defiance of authority, treachery, piracy and mutiny, escape from the hangman's noose and even love. Peopled with good men, buffoons, incompetents and larrikin convicts of the highest order, Ten Rogues is an unexpected and wickedly entertaining story from the great annals of Australia's colonial history.

With the lightness of touch of the master storyteller that he is, Peter Grose brings to irresistible life the story of a small band of convicts who managed to escape the living hell of the Tasmanian penal colony of Sarah Island. Their getaway began by stealing the leaky and untested brig they had helped to build, and then sailing it across the Pacific from Tasmania to Chile with neither a map nor a chronometer.

Their story does not begin or end there. From the strong connection between the slave trade and convict transportation to the possible illegality of the whole convict system, Ten Rogues shines a light on some dark and previously well-hidden corners of colonial history. (back cover)

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