![]() ![]() ![]() Rachel's naiveté makes her an ideal target for the vicious and unscrupulous Bella Jackson who establishes a thriving prostitution racket during the voyage.Įventually Rachel is seriously assaulted, with Bella party to the attack. While conditions on board during the 1820s are generally a little better than those endured in Newgate, there are other ordeals to be endured. /rebates/2fbook2f3903234462fBehind-the-Sun&. The voyage to the new colony presents the group with new challenges, apart from mere survival. The other members of her band include Sarah Morgan, a clever and deft professional thief, capable and kindly seamstress, Harriet Clarke and the young and guileless Rachel Winter. The undeclared leader of the group is Friday Woolfe, a feisty and streetwise prostitute. It relates the compelling story of four women who forge an unlikely and enduring friendship while confined in Newgate Prison, awaiting transportation to New South Wales. THIS is the first book in a new historical series by New Zealand historian and author Deborah Challinor. ![]()
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