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1987
THE FATAL SHORE
Robert Hughes
Cover of THE FATAL SHORE

THE FATAL SHORE

A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868

by Robert Hughes

Knopf · 1987

Peak rank

#3

Weeks on list

27

Chart History

#1510151987
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27 weeks on the Hardcover Nonfiction list, peaking at #3

An internationally bestselling and controversial study of the convict origins of the British settlement of Australia. Australian-born author is an internationally respected art critic whose other works include 'The Shock of the New' and 'Barcelona'.

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Published
1987
Pages
760
Publisher
Knopf
Categories
Biography & Autobiography

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