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.
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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.
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Good. Shows minimal wear such as frayed or folded edges, minor rips and tears, and/or slightly worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 432 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Maps. Audience: General/trade.
