"Governesses Great Britain Fiction." . . "Horror tales, English." . . "British Australia Tasmania Fiction." . . "Gothic revival (Literature) Great Britain." . . "Romanies Great Britain Fiction." . . "Australia." . . "Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English." . . "English fiction 21st century." . . "1803 - 1900" . . . . . . . . . "History" . "History"@en . . . "Two girls are brought together under the worst of circumstances: a prison ship taking them from London to parts beyond the sea. Miriam is a Romany girl drawn from freedom in the hills of the North-West to the city to eke a living playing her tin-whistle in a place where her people are despised. When her mother dies, she was caught breaking-and-entering and sentenced to transportation. Rose has been brought up to expect more, but when her husband dies and her father is sent down for illegal slave-trading, she was separated from her children and forced to take a governess's job. When she was caught stealing, the judge shows no mercy. Surviving - just - an appalling voyage, the two arrive just after Christmas into the blinding sun of the strange new island: Van Dieman's Land. Here they are sent to work in a nursery, where women of ill-repute give birth before being sent for correction. The nursery is run by a corrupt, debauched Reverend and his idealistic son, who soon takes a fancy to Miriam. But Rose, her best friend and close confidant, watches jealously and makes plans to reverse their fortunes. This book takes the reader on a thrilling Dickensian adventure through the dark side of our penal history to a Tasmanian frontier town where anything could happen and morality is made by monsters." . "Two girls are brought together under the worst of circumstances: a prison ship taking them from London to parts beyond the sea. Miriam is a Romany girl drawn from freedom in the hills of the North-West to the city to eke a living playing her tin-whistle in a place where her people are despised. When her mother dies, she was caught breaking-and-entering and sentenced to transportation. Rose has been brought up to expect more, but when her husband dies and her father is sent down for illegal slave-trading, she was separated from her children and forced to take a governess's job. When she was caught stealing, the judge shows no mercy. Surviving - just - an appalling voyage, the two arrive just after Christmas into the blinding sun of the strange new island: Van Dieman's Land. Here they are sent to work in a nursery, where women of ill-repute give birth before being sent for correction. The nursery is run by a corrupt, debauched Reverend and his idealistic son, who soon takes a fancy to Miriam. But Rose, her best friend and close confidant, watches jealously and makes plans to reverse their fortunes. This book takes the reader on a thrilling Dickensian adventure through the dark side of our penal history to a Tasmanian frontier town where anything could happen and morality is made by monsters."@en . . . . . . "Historical fiction"@en . . . "Two girls are brought together under the worst of circumstances: a prison ship taking them from London to 'parts beyond the sea'. Miriam is a Romany girl drawn from freedom in the hills of the North-West to the city to eke a living playing her tin-whistle in a place where her people are despised. When her mother dies - from cholera, the 'gypsy disease' - she's caught breaking-and-entering and sentenced to transportation. Rose has been brought up to expect more, but when her husband dies and her father is sent down for illegal slave-trading, she's separated from her children and forced to take a."@en . . "Electronic books"@en . . "The night flower" . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . "The night flower"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Prisoners." . . "British." . . "Historical fiction, Australian." . . "Tasmania" . . "Tasmania." . "Prisoners Australia Fiction." . .