For the Term of His Natural Life (Hardcover)

from mbmackay

I was inspired to re-read this early Australian novel after a recent visit to Port Arthur and Macquarie Harbour. The incredible plot coincidences may have been common in that era, but they just seem odd to modern readers. I found the book started slowly, with the author struggling to get on top o...

from mbmackay

I was inspired to re-read this early Australian novel after a recent visit to Port Arthur and Macquarie Harbour. The incredible plot coincidences may have been common in that era, but they just seem odd to modern readers. I found the book started slowly, with the author struggling to get on top o...

from SaraAnn05

It took me a little while to get into this book, but once in I was gripped. The story doesn't really get going until Rufus is on the prison ship. To me this is a story of the human spirit and how it can survive in the most desparate of situations. Rufus, is a wronged man and is constantly being c...

from stomps

I've read more than a few accounts of life in Australia in this time period, but Clarke's was definitely the most depressing of the lot. While it was an intriguing look at the life of an innocent man convicted of murder and sent to various convict camps & prisons in Tasmania for life, it was also...

from ibazel

only the subject matter saves it from being a forgotten piece of moralistic Victoriana