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Shadows of Elisa Lynch, The by Sian Rees
37.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
Two generations of Paraguayan citizens reviled her but a third would seize upon her as a patriotic idol and exhume her grave in Paris for reburial with full military honours in Asuncion, Paraguay. This work of recovered history tells her remarkable story.
Ship Thieves by Sian Rees
29.99 NZD
Category: History
As dusk came down on the evening of 13 January 1834, James Porter and nine other convicts, transported at His Majesty's Pleasure to Van Diemen's Land, captured the newly launched barque the Frederick from their British masters. James Porter had spent the majority of his days since transportation plannin ...Show more
Sweet Water and Bitter: The ships that stopped the slave trade by Sian Rees
32.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
When the abolitionist Granville Sharpe bought land in Sierra Leone to 'repatriate' freed slaves, one former slave living in London foresaw trouble. 'Is it possible,' asked Ottobah Cugoano, biblically, 'that a fountain should send forth both sweet water and bitter?'. Could the slave trade be abolished fr ...Show more
The Floating Brothel by Sian Rees
24.99 NZD
27.99 (10% off)
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In July 1789, 237 women convicts left England for Botany Bay in Australia on board a ship called The Lady Julian, destined to provide sexual services and a breeding bank for the men already there. This is the enthralling story of the women and their voyage. Based on painstaking research into contemporar ...Show more
The Ship Thieves by Sian Rees
39.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
As dusk came down on the evening of 13 January 1834, James Porter and nine other convicts, transported at His Majesty's Pleasure to Van Diemen's Land, captured the newly launched barque the Frederick from their British masters. James Porter had spent the majority of his days since transportation plannin ...Show more
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