{"product_id":"port-essington-derek-pugh-9780648142171","title":"Port Essington: The British in North Australia 1838-49","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor many of the Royal Marines sent to Port Essington, life was a living hell of malaria, scurvy, termites, shipwrecks, cyclones, boredom, isolation and death. For one man, it was the 'most useless, ill-managed hold in Her Majesty's dominions' which deserved 'all the abuse that has ever been heaped upon it'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it wasn't always so: in the beginning, French visitors shared their best Bordeaux wines and partied at Government House; small boats raced in regattas across the harbour; men played cricket; and the gardens grew the best pineapples in the southern hemisphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLed by the stoic Captain John McArthur for 11 years, this is the story of the rise and fall of a peaceful little British village in the most distant part of the empire, and of how the chief occupation of the survivors became grave diggint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A splendid read full of heartbreak, hope, despair, ambition and resilience' (Tom Pauling AO QC)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Pugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0648142175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648142171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Derek Pugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Derek Pugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44716526731519,"sku":"9780648142171","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_acec072c-8dbd-4613-b266-38036d3c981a.jpg?v=1705682668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/port-essington-derek-pugh-9780648142171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}