For the Term of His Natural Life
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For the Term of His Natural Life

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  1. 669 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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For the Term of His Natural Life

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Discover an often-overlooked period in history with this sweeping epic exploring the period when Australia served as a penal colony. Packed with exhaustively researched historical detail, this rip-roaring yarn will leave your head spinning with its many twists, turns and surprises.

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Publisher
The Floating Press
Year
2014
Edition
0
eBook ISBN
9781776538744
Topic
Literature
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. Dedication
  4. Prologue
  5. BOOK I - THE SEA 1827
  6. Chapter I - The Prison Ship
  7. Chapter II - Sarah Purfoy
  8. Chapter III - The Monotony Breaks
  9. Chapter IV - The Hospital
  10. Chapter V - The Barracoon
  11. Chapter VI - The Fate of the "Hydaspes"
  12. Chapter VII - Typhus Fever
  13. Chapter VIII - A Dangerous Crisis
  14. Chapter IX - Woman's Weapons
  15. Chapter X - Eight Bells
  16. Chapter XI - Discoveries and Confessions
  17. Chapter XII - A Newspaper Paragraph
  18. BOOK II - MACQUARIE HARBOUR 1833
  19. Chapter I - The Topography of Van Diemen's Land
  20. Chapter II - The Solitary of "Hell's Gates"
  21. Chapter III - A Social Evening
  22. Chapter IV - The Bolter
  23. Chapter V - Sylvia
  24. Chapter VI - A Leap in the Dark
  25. Chapter VII - The Last of Macquarie Harbour
  26. Chapter VIII - The Power of the Wilderness
  27. Chapter IX - The Seizure of the "Osprey"
  28. Chapter X - John Rex's Revenge
  29. Chapter XI - Left at "Hell's Gates"
  30. Chapter XII - "Mr." Dawes
  31. Chapter XIII - What the Seaweed Suggested
  32. Chapter XIV - A Wonderful Day's Work
  33. Chapter XV - The Coracle
  34. Chapter XVI - The Writing on the Sand
  35. Chapter XVII - At Sea
  36. BOOK III - PORT ARTHUR 1838
  37. Chapter I - A Labourer in the Vineyard
  38. Chapter II - Sarah Purfoy's Request
  39. Chapter III - The Story of Two Birds of Prey
  40. Chapter IV - "The Notorious Dawes"
  41. Chapter V - Maurice Frere's Good Angel
  42. Chapter VI - Mr. Meekin Administers Consolation
  43. Chapter VII - Rufus Dawes's Idyll
  44. Chapter VIII - An Escape
  45. Chapter IX - John Rex's Letter Home
  46. Chapter X - What Became of the Mutineers of the "Osprey"
  47. Chapter XI - A Relic of Macquarie Harbour
  48. Chapter XII - At Port Arthur
  49. Chapter XIII - The Commandant's Butler
  50. Chapter XIV - Mr. North's Disposition
  51. Chapter XV - One Hundred Lashes
  52. Chapter XVI - Kicking Against the Pricks
  53. Chapter XVII - Captain and Mrs. Frere
  54. Chapter XVIII - In the Hospital
  55. Chapter XIX - The Consolations of Religion
  56. Chapter XX - "A Natural Penitentiary"
  57. Chapter XXI - A Visit of Inspection
  58. Chapter XXII - Gathering in the Threads
  59. Chapter XXIII - Running the Gauntlet
  60. Chapter XXIV - In the Night
  61. Chapter XXV - The Flight
  62. Chapter XXVI - The Work of the Sea
  63. Chapter XXVII - The Valley of the Shadow of Death
  64. BOOK IV - NORFOLK ISLAND 1846
  65. Chapter I - Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
  66. Chapter II - The Lost Heir
  67. Chapter III - Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
  68. Chapter IV - Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
  69. Chapter V - Mr. Richard Devine Surprised
  70. Chapter VI - In Which the Chaplain is Taken Ill
  71. Chapter VII - Breaking a Man's Spirit
  72. Chapter VIII - Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
  73. Chapter IX - The Longest Straw
  74. Chapter X - A Meeting
  75. Chapter XI - Extracted from the Diary of the Rev. James North
  76. Chapter XII - The Strange Behaviour of Mr. North
  77. Chapter XIII - Mr. North Speaks
  78. Chapter XIV - Getting Ready for Sea
  79. Chapter XV - The Discovery
  80. Chapter XVI - Fifteen Hours
  81. Chapter XVII - The Redemption
  82. Chapter XVIII - The Cyclone
  83. Epilogue
  84. Appendix
  85. Endnotes

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