PublishedHistory Press, August 2018 |
ISBN9780750985642 |
FormatSoftcover, 224 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.6cm |
Comprehensive account of one of the darkest episodes in the history of penal transportation history. On 15 March 1817 the convict ship the Chapman departed from the Cork with 200 male convicts on board. When it dropped anchor off Sydney Cove on four months later its decks were blood-soaked.
The prison doors opened to reveal 160 gaunt and brutalised men. Twelve were dead and twenty-eight lay wounded in the ships' hospital. Using daily journals from the crew, detailed testimony from several convict and official colonial government correspondence, this book pieces together what happened during those four months at sea and sheds new light on one of the darkest episodes in the history of penal transportation. AUTHOR: Conor Reidy is a history lecturer at the University of Limerick. His previously published books include Criminal Irish Drunkards and Ireland's 'Moral Hospital' the Irish Borstal System 1906-1965 as well as number of articles published in journals such as Irish Historical Studies and the Tipperary Historical Journal. His is a member of the Irish Historical Society and the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland. SELLING POINTS: . Containing previously unpublished research and first-hand accounts . Written by an expert in penal history . Would appeal to anyone interested in penal history . Written in a clear and accessible style
