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A Commonwealth of Thieves, The Improbable Birth of Australia
by Thomas Keneally
- HISTORY
- 2007
- PAPER
- 384 PAGES
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With drama and flair, novelist Keneally illuminates the birth of New South Wales in 1788, richly evoking the social conditions in London, miserable sea voyage and the desperate conditions of the new colony. His tale revolves around Arthur Phillips, the ambitious (and bland) captain in the Royal Navy who would become the first governor of New South Wales.
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