Solomon's Noose [electronic resource] : The True Story of Her Majesty's Hangman of Hobart
Steve Harris2015
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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 struggles of good-evil,
life-death, hope-despair, which drew the attention of Darwin, Twain, Trollope
and Dickens as Van Diemen's Land evolved from a Hades of Evil to sow the seeds
of nationhood. The book paints a vivid picture of the society and poverty from
which Blay's character was forged in England and the desperate, brutal nature of
being a convict in Van Diemen's Land. Solomon's Noose is an important book in
exposing the dark 'underbelly' in the formation of modern Australia.
From the furthest corner of that foreign country, the past, comes the haunting
story of the convict who became the British Empire's youngest executioner.
Beware the shock of the true.
- Andrew Rule, a...
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Author:
Steve Harris, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Melbourne Books, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (336 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781922129833
Language:
English
BRN:
429232
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |