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Jampoler, Andrew C.:
Horrible Shipwreck! - new book

ISBN: 9781591144113

ID: 1191963

On August 25, 1833, the British convict transport Amphitrite, filled with more than one hundred women prisoners and their children, together with a crew of sixteen, left London for the convict colony in New South Wales. Less than a week later, all but three died when a savage storm battered their ship to pieces on a French beach in full sight of hundreds of horrified onlookers. Inexplicably, the captain, John Hunter, had refused offers of aid from the shore. Sensational news coverage of the calamity prompted an Admiralty investigation to find out who was responsible. The suspicion was that Hunter and the surgeon on board rejected assistance because they feared the women would escape custody. Some blamed the doctor s wife because she had refused to go ashore in the same boat with the convicts, so no boat was launched. Others accused the British consul ashore of criminal negligence on the night of the wreck. Colorfully set in the political and social context of early nineteenth-century Great Britain, this account of the shipwreck is peopled with a fascinating cast of characters that includes John Wilks, the Paris correspondent of a London newspaper whose reporting inflamed public emotions; Lord Palmerston, the British foreign secretary; Captain Henry Chads, RN, the Admiralty s investigator; Consul William Hamilton, who was the chief subject of the investigation; Sarah Austin, a British expatriate whose extraordinary heroism the night of the wreck merited an award; and her secret love, a fortune-hunting Prussian prince. Drawing from government records in England, Scotland, and France, and from contemporary newspaper reporting, Andrew Jampoler spins an authentic sea story that rivals the best fiction. Readers will find this work firmly cements Jampoler s reputation as a master storyteller. History History eBook, Naval Institute Press

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Andrew C.A. Jampoler:
Horrible Shipwreck!: A Full, True and Particular Account of the Melancholy Loss of the British Convict Ship Amphitrite, the 31st August 183 (Hardcover) - hardcover

ISBN: 1591144116

ID: 22525711003

[EAN: 9781591144113], Neubuch, Hardcover. On August 25, 1833, the British convict ship Amphitrite, filled with more than one hundred women prisoners and their children along with a crew of thirteen, left London for a .Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. 294 pages. 0.540

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Jampoler, Andrew C.A.:
Horrible Shipwreck!: A Full, True and Particular Account of the Melancholy Loss of the British Convict Ship Amphitrite, the 31st August 1833, off . in Sight of Thousands, None Being Saved - hardcover

ISBN: 1591144116

ID: 22529979762

[EAN: 9781591144113], Neubuch, [PU: Naval Institute Press], 1591144116 New Condition.

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Jampoler, Andrew C.A.:
Horrible Shipwreck!: A Full, True and Particular Account of the Melancholy Loss of the British Convict Ship Amphitrite, the 31st August 1833, off . in Sight of Thousands, None Being Saved - hardcover

ISBN: 1591144116

ID: 22702199108

[EAN: 9781591144113], Neubuch, [PU: Naval Institute Press], 1591144116

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Andrew C. A. Jampoler:
Horrible Shipwreck!: A Full, True and Particular Account of the Melancholy Loss of the British Convict Ship Amphitrite, the 31st August 183 - used book

ISBN: 9781591144113

ID: 105704309_us

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