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Author:

Rees, Siân, 1965-

Title:

The floating brothel : the extraordinary true story of an eighteenth-century ship and its cargo of female convicts / Sian Rees.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Hyperion,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xvi, 236 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Prisoners, Transportation of--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Penal colonies--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Penal colonies--New South Wales--New South Wales--History--18th century.
Women prisoners--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Female offenders--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Convict ships--Great Britain--History--18th century.
Lady Juliana (Ship)
Misdadigers.
Vrouwen.
Deportatie.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-223) and index.

Contents:

15. Love pilgrimages. 2. Fair British nymphs -- 3. Gaol fever -- 4. Galleons reach -- 5. Life in the river -- 6. Capital convicts condemned -- 7. Leaving London -- 8. Becoming in turns outrageous -- 9. Santa Cruz de Tenerife -- 10. Crossing the line -- 11. The birth of John Nicol Junior -- 12. The wreck of the Guardian -- 13. Cape Town to Sydney Cove -- 14. A cargo so unnecessary -- 15. Love pilgrimages.

ISBN:

9780786867875
0786867876

LCCN:

2001046338

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)