Download or read book The Passage of the Damned written by Elsbeth Hardie and published by Arden. This book was released on 2020-04-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1797, Britain rashly pressed French prisoners of war into the New South Wales Corps and armed them as guards on a ship carrying 66 female and 2 male convicts to New South Wales. The result was a mutiny, with the captain killed and ship high jacked to South America. The true story of those on board is told in detail for the first time.