ISBN: 9781741751499
Blackgum Item Code: AU11
Title: Closing Hells Gates
Author: Hamish Maxwell-Stewart
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
RRP: $25.95
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Based on an elaborate reconstruction of day-to-day life at Macquarie Harbour, one of Australia's most notorious sites of convict punishment, this is the true story of how, in 1827, nine convicts opted for 'state-assisted' escape (the death sentence) rather than endure the hardships and privations of the penal settlement on Sarah Island.