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

Rees, Sian2002
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In 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Botany Bay in Australia on board a ship called The Lady Julia, destined to provide sexual services and a breeding bank for the men already there. This is the story of the women aboard that ship.
Main title:
The floating brothel : the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts / Sian Rees.
Author:
Rees, Sian
Imprint:
London : Review, 2002.
Collation:
248p., [8]p. of plates : ill., facsim., map, port.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Headline, 2001.
ISBN:
0747266328 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.6'8'082364.680820903321364.68(shelved
Language:
English
Subject:
Convict shipsWomen prisonersAbused women
BRN:
2497189
Bookmark link:
https://herts.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2497189

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