The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes

The Fatal Shore

Robert Hughes

642 pages first pub 1986 (editions) user-added

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%
challenging 75%
dark 75%
adventurous 50%
reflective 50%
mysterious 25%
sad 25%

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slow 75%
medium 25%

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4.1

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