{"product_id":"2026100008960-secondhand-sydney-cove-1788-sydney-cove-1789-to-1790-sydney-cove-1791-to-1792","title":"Sydney Cove 1788 \/ Sydney Cove 1789 To 1790 \/ Sydney Cove 1791 To 1792","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: rev ed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Slipcase: good. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the edge of the known world, a fleet of eleven ships arrived at a desolate harbour in January 1788, carrying the condemned, the desperate, and the ambitious — and from this unlikely beginning, a nation was born. John Cobley's three-volume Sydney Cove series chronicles the earliest years of the British penal colony at Port Jackson with meticulous and gripping detail, drawing on firsthand journals, official dispatches, and contemporary accounts to reconstruct daily life in what would become Sydney, Australia. Spanning the tumultuous years of 1788 through 1792, the series documents the struggles of convicts and their marine guards, the uneasy encounters with the Eora people, the constant threat of starvation, and the fragile political order imposed by Governor Arthur Phillip upon a society built from the ground up.\n\nCobley writes with the precision of a historian and the narrative command of a storyteller, presenting primary source material in a way that is both scholarly and compulsively readable. Each volume builds upon the last, deepening the reader's understanding of colonial power, human endurance, and the contested foundations of modern Australia. This landmark series remains an indispensable record for anyone seeking to understand not just how Australia began, but what it truly cost — and who truly paid the price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336805949659,"sku":"2026100008960-SECONDHAND","price":125.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f0e76f7e-e8fa-4d10-8a86-a812ce5e802f.png?v=1789958123","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008960-secondhand-sydney-cove-1788-sydney-cove-1789-to-1790-sydney-cove-1791-to-1792","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}