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Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts
Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts | Si�n Rees
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A 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 (…more)
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A ship full of female convicts left England in 1789 to provide sexual services (and a breeding bank) for the men already in Botany Bay, Australia.
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DGRachel 😳 8y
saresmoore What @DGRachel said! 8y
athorne Sounds like something up my ally, as weird as that sounds. 8y
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britt_brooke 🙈 8y
TheWordJar Yep, just gonna go with @DGRachel and @britt_brooke 8y
CrowCAH Already on the TBR! 8y
Aswenson What?!? This sounds sounds amazing. 8y
LauraBrook Sounds amazing! #stacked I love that you're such a drain on my wallet. 😊 8y
TobeyTheScavengerMonk So many comments to make (maybe even a limerick or two), none appropriate. I'll see myself out. 8y
LeahBergen @TobeyTheScavengerMonk What rhymes with "brothel"? ? 8y
rabbitprincess What a title! 8y
shawnmooney Trust you to have a book like that on your shelf that fits the prompt so devilishly! 😍😘😂😂 8y
ApoptyGina69 @LeahBergen @TobeyTheScavengerMonk I was thinking "mongrel" or "hostel" 8y
ValerieAndBooks @ApoptyGina69 @TobeyTheScavengerMonk @LeahBergen well, how about names that rhyme? Ethel? If that limerick gets written, let me know 😂 8y
LeahBergen @Zelma Falafel!!! Of course! 😂😂 8y
LeahBergen @EMJenkinson Mine, too. 😄 8y
LeahBergen @shawnmooney I'm starting to think it's a gift. 😏 8y
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