The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes

The Fatal Shore

Robert Hughes

752 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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In this bestselling account of the colonization of Australia, Robert Hughes explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today. Digging deep into the dark history of England's infamous efforts to move 160,000 men and...

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informative 100%
dark 66%
challenging 50%
reflective 33%
adventurous 16%
sad 16%

Pace

slow 83%
medium 16%

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4.07

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