ISBN: 9780645708653
Blackgum Item Code: NAVP0024
Title: The Wreck of the Neva
Author: Cal McCarthy Kevin Todd
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RRP: $39.95
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On 8th January 1835 the Neva sailed from Cork, destined for Sydney. There were 241 people on board, most of them either women convicts or the wives and children of already deported convicts journeying to join their loved ones. However, on 13th May 1835 the ship hit a reef just
north of King Island, Tasmania, and sank with the loss of 224 lives.

This is the story of the doomed vessel and the women on board. Most of the passengers perished, but for the lucky survivors the journey from their poverty-stricken and criminal pasts continued towards the hope of freedom and prosperity on the far side of the world.

The Wreck of the Neva does more than just reconstruct the drama of the shipwreck; it also gives a vivid sense of the lives of these women from all over Ireland, filling in many of the human details behind the stark historical facts. -The Irish Times

The authors have comprehensively researched sources in Ireland, Australia, and the UK to reconstruct in fascinating detail the stories of these women. -The Marine Times