The Floating Brothel a deborah knott mystery

The Floating Brothel a deborah knott mysteryA seafaring story with a twist the incredible voyage of a shipload of "disorderly girls" and the men who transported them, fell for them, and sold them. This riveting work of rediscovered history tells for the first time the plight of the female convicts aboard the Lady Julian, which set sail from England in 1789 and arrived in Australia's Botany Bay a year later. The women, most of them petty criminals, were destined for New South Wales to provide

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an injured rapist is cared for by a young girl

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he finds himself in a fight for his life

up miles of unmarked roads that are practically invisible to the untrained eye

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his real name is Darling Cruel-and he is heir to the government Zarya wants to overthrow