The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of Female Convicts Bound for Botany Bay by Siân Rees

The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of Female Convicts Bound for Botany Bay

Siân Rees

248 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
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In July 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Botany Bay in Australia on board a ship called The Lady Julian, destined to provide sexual services and a breeding bank for the men already there.This is the enthralling story of the women and thei...

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