A Merciless Place: The Fate of Britain's Convicts After the American Revolution

Emma Christopher here captures the gritty lives of 18th-century Britain's convicts: victims of London's underworld, rife with brutal crime and sometimes even more brutal punishments. It is a dramatic story of forgotten men and women scattered to the farthest corners of the British empire, driven by the winds of the American Revolution and the currents of the African slave trade. A Merciless Place brilliantly captures this previously unknown story of poverty, punishment, and transportation. Read More

Emma Christopher here captures the gritty lives of 18th-century Britain's convicts: victims of London's underworld, rife with brutal crime and sometimes even more brutal punishments. It is a dramatic story of forgotten men and women scattered to the farthest corners of the British empire, driven by the winds of the American Revolution and the currents of the African slave trade. A Merciless Place brilliantly captures this previously unknown story of poverty, punishment, and transportation. Read Less

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