Overview

In Chain Letters, each chapter is a mini-detective story, either a search for the identity behind a particular account, or an attempt to piece a convict life together from scattered fragments of a tale. Issues of great contemporary interest arise from these stories, including the multicultural nature of Australian colonial society and, above all, the importance of love and hope.

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This is a book that deserves to be added to any serious consideration of the convict world, and should entertain the curious general reader as well. -- Australian Book Review

Author Information

Lucy Frost is a professor of English at the University of Tasmania. Her research is primarily in colonial Australian studies. She lives in Hobart, Tasmania. Hamish Maxwell-Stewart is a research fellow in history and classics at the University of Tasmania. He has published many articles and chapters on convict transportation to Australia. He lives in Hobart, Tasmania.

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