In an extraordinary move, in 1797, the British government pressed a small group of French and German prisoners of war into the New South Wales Corps, gave them firearms and placed them as guards on a ship carrying sixty-six convict women and two convict men to New South Wales. The result was a mutiny some months into the voyage in which the captain of the Lady Shore was killed and the fates of all of those on board were tied together when the ship was taken to South America. The true story of what happened to those on board is told here in detail for the first time, in part through the eyes of sailor George Drinkald whose fascinating and articulate first-hand testimony has recently emerged.
- ISBN10 1925984370
- ISBN13 9781925984378
- Publish Date 29 February 2020 (first published 4 April 2019)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AU
- Imprint Australian Scholarly Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 252
- Language English