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Swallow

ISBN: 9781923044524
Format: Paperback
Publisher: WestWords
Origin: AU
Release Date: November, 2025

Book Details

The true story of William Swallow Australian convict and the last man put on trial for piracy in an English court. One of Australia’s most romantic and untold stories. 1829: William Swallow has been sent to Van Diemen’s Land for the second time. He is sentenced to die in the hell-hole known as Sarah Island. But he has other ideas. On the journey from Hobart to his final prison, he rallies his fellow convicts and leads them to mutiny. Bruised by the betrayal of John, a fellow convict, friend, and lover, William plans to sail back home to England. Back to his wife Susannah and their young children.