The book paints a vivid picture of the society and poverty from which Blay's character was forged in England and the desperate, brutal nature of being a convict in Van Diemen's Land.
Steve Harris, a Tasmanian, has 30 years experience in journalism, print and online publishing, and high-performance organisations. He is the only person to have been editorial head of both of Melbourne's major media groups- Editor-in-Chief of the Herald and Weekly Times Group and Editor-in-Chief of The Age
"From the furthest corner of that foreign country, the past, comes
the haunting story of the convict who became the British Empires
youngest executioner. Beware the shock of the true." Andrew Rule,
award-winning journalist and author
"Impressive research and a story that challenges the imagi-nation
except that its true. A prisoner elects to become a hangman to
improve his lot in life. All this set against the Gothic world of
Van Diemens Land in the time of con-victs, bushrangers and rough
justice." Les Carlyon, best-selling author of Gallipoli and The
Great War
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