To The Ends of the Earth by Michael Talbot

To The Ends of the Earth

by Michael Talbot

William Collins Sons & Co., 1987 [First Edition], ISBN 0002230720, illustrated end-papers, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, age-toned pages,  dust-jacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, creasing chips and small tears to edges, a little surface wear (see photographs)

"The first novel of a huge, enthralling saga about the founding and rise of Australia.
In 1785, eleven ships set sail from Portsmouth, their ultimate destination Botany Bay, a region so remote that the only navigational guide to it was Gulliver's Travels.  Abroad were supplies for three years, soldiers, sailors, marines, civilians, medical officers, clergy and seven hundred convicts.  Among them, crowded in the holds of His Majesty's shabbier vessels, were Joe Cribb, arsonist, abortionist 'Leafy' Levi, and the beautiful actress and murderess Kitty Brandon.  Lucky to be alive, none of them had any idea of the horrors that lay ahead."