{"product_id":"the-fatal-shore-robert-hughes-9780394753669","title":"The Fatal Shore","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER -\u003c\/b\u003e This incredible true history of the colonization of Australia explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the greatest non-fiction books I've ever read ... Hughes brings us an entire world.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Digging deep into the dark history of England's infamous efforts to move 160,000 men and women thousands of miles to the other side of the world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Hughes has crafted a groundbreaking, definitive account of the settling of Australia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tracing the European presence in Australia from early explorations through the rise and fall of the penal colonies, and featuring 16 pages of illustrations and 3 maps, \u003ci\u003eThe Fatal Shore\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the history of the country we thought we knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0394753666\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780394753669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/1988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 752\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.20w x 1.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/11\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/16\/2006 pg. 14","brand":"Robert Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051019694335,"sku":"9780394753669","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b2c02fd-d140-4b95-b487-90d1e2ccfdf4.jpg?v=1685010612","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fatal-shore-robert-hughes-9780394753669","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}