Abandoned Women: Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas by Lucy Frost

Abandoned Women: Scottish Convicts Exiled Beyond the Seas

Lucy Frost

231 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction historical challenging informative medium-paced
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From the crowded tenements of Edinburgh to the Female Factory nestling in the shadow of Mt Wellington, dozens of Scottish women convicts were exiled to Van Diemen's Land with their young children. This is a rich and evocative account of the lives ...

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