{"product_id":"the-ship-wife-9781922830241","title":"The Ship Wife","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn Ireland in 1795, young housemaid Elizabeth is arrested and charged with sedition. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the transport ship, confined to the captain's cabin, Elizabeth must please and obey. As the captain's ship wife, she survives one of the most notorious transportation voyages to New South Wales. Six convicts are flogged to death. This so exceeds the usual brutality of transportation that Governor Hunter convenes a magistrates' court to hear charges against the captain. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShunned by her fellow convicts, scorned by free settlers, and pregnant with the captain's child, Elizabeth must establish a home and a life in the rough town of Sydney. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ship Wife \u003c\/em\u003echallenges assumptions about female convict history. It tells the story of a real woman's struggle for dignity and independence in an Empire built on slavery and injustice.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Vines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Glass House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781922830241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glass House","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41194218160243,"sku":"9.78192E+12","price":33.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_95e7b976-ae33-442f-afd3-b7d792df9aeb.jpg?v=1704299561","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-ship-wife-9781922830241","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}