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Jul 03, 2019
Brenda
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Jenny Trelawney was shattered by her father’s death and the gradual decline of her mother. The need for money for food drove Jenny to become a highwaywoman, but although she and her two companions were good at what they did, they finally made a mistake. Their arrest and incarceration into Newgate Prison, and the news they were to hang wasn’t a surprise to Jenny. But the waiving of the hanging with transportation to the new colony at Sydney Cove was a big shock. Their journey on the Charlotte was
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Fled opens somewhere in the Tasman Sea, off New South Wales in April 1791. There is a woman, two children and some men in a boat. But you are given a brief glimpse of what is going on here.
Then you go back in time to Southern Cornwall and 1783. Jenny's father has died and she holds the King responsible. Given that the people have had to pay heavy taxes in order to fund a war. Jenny doesn't like struggling and she is presented with an opportunity to become a highway woman. So she steals from peo ...more
Then you go back in time to Southern Cornwall and 1783. Jenny's father has died and she holds the King responsible. Given that the people have had to pay heavy taxes in order to fund a war. Jenny doesn't like struggling and she is presented with an opportunity to become a highway woman. So she steals from peo ...more
Jan 25, 2020
Michele
marked it as to-read
