The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts by Siân Rees

The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts

Siân Rees

236 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
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A seafaring story with a twist -- the incredible voyage of a shipload of "disorderly girls" and the men who transported them, fell for them, and sold them.This riveting work of rediscovered history tells for the first time the plight of the female...

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informative 100%
reflective 60%
challenging 40%
sad 40%
adventurous 20%
dark 20%

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slow 20%

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