The Exiles
Seduced by her employer’s son, Evangeline, a naive young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged upon discovery of her pregnancy and sent to Newgate Prison. After months in the overcrowded jail, she learns she is sentenced to the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land in Australia. Evangeline knows her child will be born during the months-long voyage.
On the journey aboard the repurposed slave ship Medea, Evangeline befriends Hazel, a young girl sentenced to seven years for stealing a spoon. Hazel, a skilled midwife and herbalist, offers remedies to prisoners and sailors in exchange for favors.
Despite being home to Aboriginal people for over 50,000 years, the British government in the 1840s considers Australia uninhabited. Many natives are forcibly relocated, including Mathinna, the orphaned daughter of the Chief of the Lowreenne tribe, adopted by the new governor of Van Diemen’s Land.
Seduced by her employer’s son, Evangeline, a naive young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged upon discovery of her pregnancy and sent to Newgate Prison. After months in the overcrowded jail, she learns she is sentenced to the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land in Australia. Evangeline knows her child will be born during the months-long voyage.
On the journey aboard the repurposed slave ship Medea, Evangeline befriends Hazel, a young girl sentenced to seven years for stealing a spoon. Hazel, a skilled midwife and herbalist, offers remedies to prisoners and sailors in exchange for favors.
Despite being home to Aboriginal people for over 50,000 years, the British government in the 1840s considers Australia uninhabited. Many natives are forcibly relocated, including Mathinna, the orphaned daughter of the Chief of the Lowreenne tribe, adopted by the new governor of Van Diemen’s Land.
Seduced by her employer’s son, Evangeline, a naive young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged upon discovery of her pregnancy and sent to Newgate Prison. After months in the overcrowded jail, she learns she is sentenced to the penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land in Australia. Evangeline knows her child will be born during the months-long voyage.
On the journey aboard the repurposed slave ship Medea, Evangeline befriends Hazel, a young girl sentenced to seven years for stealing a spoon. Hazel, a skilled midwife and herbalist, offers remedies to prisoners and sailors in exchange for favors.
Despite being home to Aboriginal people for over 50,000 years, the British government in the 1840s considers Australia uninhabited. Many natives are forcibly relocated, including Mathinna, the orphaned daughter of the Chief of the Lowreenne tribe, adopted by the new governor of Van Diemen’s Land.
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Hardcover
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August 25, 2020
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384 pages
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Mariner Books
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978-0062356345
