Vinegar Hill
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight.Usual aging.
Can an idealistic young Englishman survive the darkest corners of Britain's penal colony? In this sweeping, gritty work of historical adventure fiction by Australian author Colin Free, Thomas Pollitt finds his life hanging by a thread during a brutal mutiny at sea. Saved only by the unexpected intervention of two Irish convicts, Thomas is plunged headfirst into the harsh realities of early Australian history, eventually finding himself at the notorious Toongabbie settlement—a place reserved as the worst environment for the worst offenders. As tensions simmer to a boiling point, the narrative builds toward a spectacular and bloody climax: the historic convict rebellion of Vinegar Hill. Richly detailed and deeply atmospheric, the novel is a sensitive, gripping story of commitment, survival, and self-determination against the backdrop of an unforgiving new world.
Author: Colin Free
Format: Hardback
Published: 1978, Methuen of Australia
Genre: Fiction
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight.Usual aging.
Can an idealistic young Englishman survive the darkest corners of Britain's penal colony? In this sweeping, gritty work of historical adventure fiction by Australian author Colin Free, Thomas Pollitt finds his life hanging by a thread during a brutal mutiny at sea. Saved only by the unexpected intervention of two Irish convicts, Thomas is plunged headfirst into the harsh realities of early Australian history, eventually finding himself at the notorious Toongabbie settlement—a place reserved as the worst environment for the worst offenders. As tensions simmer to a boiling point, the narrative builds toward a spectacular and bloody climax: the historic convict rebellion of Vinegar Hill. Richly detailed and deeply atmospheric, the novel is a sensitive, gripping story of commitment, survival, and self-determination against the backdrop of an unforgiving new world.