Bedlam at Botany Bay

What happened when people went mad in the fledgling colony of New South Wales? In this important new history of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, we find out through the correspondence of tireless colonial secretaries, the brazen language of lawyers and judges and firebrand politicians, and heartbreaking letters.

Ce s-a intamplat cand oamenii au innebunit in noua colonie din New South Wales? In aceasta noua istorie importanta de la sfarsitul secolului al XVIII-lea si inceputul secolului al XIX-lea, aflam prin corespondenta secretarilor coloniali neobositi, limbajul descurcat al avocatilor si judecatorilor si al politicienilor furisi si scrisorilor sfasietoare.