Remember Me - Poche

Mary Broad is just eighteen when, in desperate poverty she steals a silk hat and is sentenced to death. Given a last-minute reprieve, she sets sail with a hundred other convicts for Australia, a new colony on the other side of the world. For a Cornish girl who has never been further than Plymouth, this is almost as horrifying a fate as death. Courage and determination are Mary's only assets Faced with the horrific conditions on board and the unknown terrors of her strange new home, she makes a vow: she will survive, whatever it takes Based on a true story, Remember Me is one of the most gripping and moving tales of human endeavour you will ever read.