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A review by freemajo
The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
4.0
4.5 stars rounded down
Hughes shines a light on the founding of Australia as a distant penal colony for Britain by illuminating hundreds of first hand accounts from the convicts, lawmen, and sailors alike. His expansive vocabulary and use of references alternates between being a delight and a bit much, and in the end the work feels overlong yet just right, if that makes sense.
Hughes shines a light on the founding of Australia as a distant penal colony for Britain by illuminating hundreds of first hand accounts from the convicts, lawmen, and sailors alike. His expansive vocabulary and use of references alternates between being a delight and a bit much, and in the end the work feels overlong yet just right, if that makes sense.