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  Beautiful Bodies

 
Beautiful Bodies
Author:    Gerald Stone
ISBN:    9781405039468
ISBN-10:    1405039469
Publisher:    Pan Macmillan Australia
Date Published:    1/10/2009
Format:    Paperback Book
Pages:    336
Language:    English
RRP: $34.99
PRICE: $32.89
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Book Description:
In August 1833, the Amphitrite, a small convict ship bound for the colonies of Australia, was wrecked in a terrible storm on the coast of France. She carried 102 female prisoners, 12 of their children, along with the captain, the crew, a medical officer and one passenger - the medical officer's wife. Only three people survived. It was the convict era's first major shipwreck. The death of so many women and children, largely due to the incompetence and blind bigotry of those responsible for their safety, was a scandal that threatened to rock the very foundations of the transportation system. The reaction of the British government was to cover it up, refusing to release even the names of the dead, depriving those tragic women and children of their very identity, even in death. Gerald Stone has written a narrative recreation of the voyage and its disastrous end that brings these lost women back to life, revealing the world they lived in, their crimes, their loves, their hopes, their fears, and their final tragedy.


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Review by Jessica 
In 1833 a convict ship, the Amphitrite, carrying 102 female prisoners bound for Australia ran aground off the French coast. Not one of the women survived. Their names were never released.

This book reads like a thriller, informs like historical non-fiction and tells such a dramatic tale. All based on a true story, Gerald Stone (Who Killed Channel 9?) has immaculately researched and clearly fallen in love with the Amphitrite, and his writing style encourages you to do the same. Once I'd begun, I couldn't put it down, and I felt like I knew these strong, poor, cursed women. It's a sad but beautifully written tale that will stay with you for a long time.

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