But the cunningly resourceful Porter and nine other convicts escaped, hijacked a ship and crossed the perilous South Pacific to Chile, passing themselves off as shipwrecked mariners, until betrayal led to discovery. Sian Rees discovered Porter's astonishing long-forgotten writings, and, inspired by his charisma and his defiance in the face of authority, has retold his extraordinary story with all the brio of her enormously popular "The Floating Brothel".
- ISBN10 1845132181
- ISBN13 9781845132187
- Publish Date 20 January 2007
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 March 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Aurum Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English