The Helots' Tale
Book I - Downfall
by David Cairns of Finavon
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Pub Date 30 Jun 2022 | Archive Date 15 Sep 2022
Description
Napoleon has been defeated, throwing an army of ex-soldiers onto the streets. Unemployment rises, wages fall, people struggle to simply survive and thousands perish under an uncaring, unjust system run by the elite of England in a Dickensian society.
To ‘cleanse’ society and curb rising unrest (which gives birth to the Swing riots and the Tolpuddle martyrs), and to provide cheap labour to support socially-connected free settlers, the government has introduced the policy of transportation to Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales.
In the smog-laden streets of the slums of London and the impoverished fields of rural England at the beginning of the 19th century, Mary Ann Goulding and Robert Bright are caught up in this maelstrom and find themselves all but slaves in the New World. The despair of Newgate prison, a death sentence, public hangings, riots, the resurrectionists and a hellish journey for months on the open sea to serve their sentences on an island prison begin their incredible true story.
Painted against the backdrop of a tumultuous century, this is a deeply researched true story of both the founding of a nation and how two lost souls found each other to begin building a new life in a new world.
Available Editions
EDITION | Paperback |
ISBN | 9781707408252 |
PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
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At the beginning of the 19th century, shipped out from Newgate Prison in London, Mary Ann Goulding and Robert Bright find themselves basically slaves in Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. Their survival depends on their wits and strength in this new world. Well written, and I anticipate the next volume.