The Prisoners

The Australians 2

By: Vivian Stuart

Narrated by: Simon Slater

The second book in the dramatic and intriguing story about the colonisation of Australia: a country built on blood, passion, and dreams.

Life in the new colony of Australia is tough — tough for those who are free and even tougher for the prisoners. Many succumb to disease and starvation. Many try to escape, but only few succeed, and those who fail are brutally punished.

Yet some, including Jenny Taggart, are determined to make this savage land their own. She is betrayed in friendship and in love, but she never parts with her vision: a future as a free woman.

Rebels and outcasts, they fled halfway across the earth to settle the harsh Australian wastelands. Decades later — ennobled by love and strengthened by tragedy — they had transformed a wilderness into a fertile land. And themselves into The Australians.

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Rich in detail

Close your eyes and you can feel the determination of Jenny, the despair of the convicts, and the mistrust of the aboriginals. Can't wait for the next book!

great series , reading all 20

Intelligent Historical fiction about the beginning of Australia.. exciting and fascinating. It's sometimes agonizing to read what the settlers and the prisoners or the convicts endured.
detailed information about ships, sailing, It all great. i'm reading the whole series. Outstanding narration by Simon Slater . BG