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Boekhandel Douwes Den Haag

Closing Hell's Gates

The Death of a Convict Station

Maxwell-Stewart, Hamish

Closing Hell's Gates

Closing Hell's Gates

The Death of a Convict Station

Closing Hell's Gates

 

Based on a reconstruction of day-to-day life at Macquarie Harbour, one of Australia's most notorious sites of convict punishment, this is the true story of how, in 1827, nine convicts opted for the death sentence rather than endure the hardships on Sarah Island.

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ISBN
9781741751499
Pagina's
312
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NUR
680
Druk
1
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Paperback / softback
Taal
Engels
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