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The Wreck of the Neva: The Horrifying Fate of a Convict Ship and the Women Aboard
Cal McCarthy
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Description for The Wreck of the Neva: The Horrifying Fate of a Convict Ship and the Women Aboard
Paperback. The women whose stories are told here vanished from Irish and Australian history almost two centuries ago. This book reclaims their long-forgotten history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1MBF; 1QSN; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
The 'Neva' sailed from Cork on 8 January 1835, destined for the prisons of Botany Bay. There were 240 people on board, most of them either female convicts or the wives of already deported convicts, and their children. On 13 May 1835 the ship hit a reef just north of King's Island in Australia and sank with the loss of 224 lives - one of the worst shipwrecks in maritime history. The authors have comprehensively researched sources in Ireland, Australia and the UK to reconstruct in fascinating detail the stories of these women. Most perished beneath the ocean waves, but ... Read more
The 'Neva' sailed from Cork on 8 January 1835, destined for the prisons of Botany Bay. There were 240 people on board, most of them either female convicts or the wives of already deported convicts, and their children. On 13 May 1835 the ship hit a reef just north of King's Island in Australia and sank with the loss of 224 lives - one of the worst shipwrecks in maritime history. The authors have comprehensively researched sources in Ireland, Australia and the UK to reconstruct in fascinating detail the stories of these women. Most perished beneath the ocean waves, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856359818
SKU
9781856359818
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Cal McCarthy
Cal McCarthy is the author of 'Cumann na mBan and the Irish Revolution' (2007) and 'Green, Blue and Grey: The Irish in the American Civil War' (2009). He lives in Carrigadrohid, Co. Cork. In 2005 he received his MPhil for a thesis entitled: ‘The 1918 General Election – The swing to Sinn Fein'. He works the Department of Arts Heritage ... Read more
Reviews for The Wreck of the Neva: The Horrifying Fate of a Convict Ship and the Women Aboard
'a fascinating and compelling narrative' "Most interesting and informative book I read this year"
The Irish Catholic
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