A dazzling blend of military history, high-flying fantasy, and edge-of-your-seat adventure, Naomi Novik's Temeraire novels, set in an alternate Napoleonic era in which intelligent dragons have been harnessed as weapons of war, are more...
Penal colonies
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Auteur:HEINLEIN, Robert A.Sommaire:In 2075, underground colonies are scattered across the Moon (Luna), of whom most inhabitants (called "Loonies") are criminals, political exiles, or descendants thereof. The total population is about three million, with men outnumbering...
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Auteur:Erickson, CarollySommaire:Historian Carolly Erickson has brought Mary's story to life, illuminating the horrors of transportation and the hardships of the early penal settlement, and describing in the extraordinary story of her escape in an open boat from...
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Auteur:Negovetich, SarahSommaire:Straight-laced, sixteen-year-old Rebecca can’t wait for her Acceptance. A fancy ball, eligible bachelors, and her debut as an official member of society. Instead, the Machine rejects Rebecca. Labeled as a future criminal, she’s shipped...
- Auteur:Keneally, MegSommaire:
Jenny Gwyn has proven herself a survivor. Faced with destitution after the death of her father, she toughens her skin to become a highwaywoman in order to support her impoverished family. But one fatal mistake leads to her arrest, and...
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Auteur:Silverthorne, JudithSommaire:It’s 1842. 14-year-old Jennie Lawrence has been found guilty of stealing, and finds herself aboard one of the few women-only convict ships destined for Australia.
Jennie had been desperate – and, as she gets to know the other...
- Auteur:Hill, DavidSommaire:
From the bestselling author of 1788. The remarkable story of the fledgling settlement that survived against the odds. Bestselling historian David Hill tells the story of the first three decades of Britain's earliest colony in...
