Storm Bay / Large print books.
Shaw, Patricia, 1928-
Storm Bay / by Patricia Shaw. - Large print [ed.] - Long Preston, North Yorkshire : Magna Large Print Books, 2005. - 782 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
Once the pride of the British Navy's East India fleet, the Veritas has fallen on hard times. She is now a transport ship, her cargo prisoners of the Crown, her destination the penal settlement of Van Dieman's Land, now known as Tasmania. Pastor Bob Cookson tries to offer solace to the convicts on board, and is shocked to discover that most of the men have committed only trivial offences. He suspects a conspiracy to empty British prisons, but finds a more sinister motive at work.
0750523867
Large print books.
Storm Bay / by Patricia Shaw. - Large print [ed.] - Long Preston, North Yorkshire : Magna Large Print Books, 2005. - 782 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
Once the pride of the British Navy's East India fleet, the Veritas has fallen on hard times. She is now a transport ship, her cargo prisoners of the Crown, her destination the penal settlement of Van Dieman's Land, now known as Tasmania. Pastor Bob Cookson tries to offer solace to the convicts on board, and is shocked to discover that most of the men have committed only trivial offences. He suspects a conspiracy to empty British prisons, but finds a more sinister motive at work.
0750523867
Large print books.