Closing Hell's Gates: The Life and Death of a Convict Station by Hamish Maxwell-Stewart

Closing Hell's Gates: The Life and Death of a Convict Station

Hamish Maxwell-Stewart

324 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history dark informative reflective slow-paced
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In October 1827, nine convicts who had endured years of unimaginable cruelty at the hands of the system opted for "state-assisted" escape. Five terrified witnesses—their hands and feet bound—were forced to watch as the chained convicts seized Cons...

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