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Lost Boys of Mr Dickens: How the British Empire turned artful dodgers into child killers by Steve Harris
$34.95 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
This is the gripping real-life story of two young boys in the 19 th century sent by the British Government as impoverished and unwanted juveniles to exile to Van Diemen's Land in the world's first prison built exclusively for children. Prejudice, moral panic, harsh justice and expedience saw unwanted bo ...Show more
Solomon's Noose: True Story of Her Majesty's Hangman of Hobart by Steve Harris
$29.95 AUD
Category: True Crime
The story of a young convict, Solomon Blay, who became Her Majesty's hangman in Van Diemen's Land; the man who personally had to deliver an Empire's judgment on 200 men and women, and endured his own noose of personal demons and demonisation in order to "survive"; all in the context of the great struggl ...Show more
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