The Queen of Storytellers is back - with a triumphant tale of one woman's struggle over adversity.In 1786 a fisherman's daughter from Cornwall called Mary Broad was sentenced to be hung for theft. But her sentence was commuted, and she was transported to Australia, one of the first convicts to arrive there.How Mary escaped the harsh existence of the colony and found true love, and how she was captured and taken back to London in chains, only to be released after a trial where she was defended by no less than James Boswell, is one of the most gripping and moving stories of human endeavour (based on an amazing true story) you will ever read.

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Lesley Pearse

Ladybird Books Ltd

Penguin Group UK

Michael Joseph

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

London, New York State, 2008

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Based On A True Story, Remember Me Brings Mary Broad Vividly To Life In This Moving Story Of A Woman Triumphing Against Overwhelming Odds. She Made One Mistake, And Now She'll Never See Home Again . . . Mary, A Cornish Mariner's Daughter, Makes The Biggest Mistake Of Her Short Life When She Steals A Silk Hat. Convicted And Sentenced To Be Transported To Australia, She Endures Horrific Conditions Aboard Ship Before Landing In A Brutal And Barbaric Country. It Will Take All Her Courage Just To Survive. But Mary Is Also Determined To Make Something Of Herself In This Rugged Man's World. And She Dreams That One Day She Will Find A Way Of Crossing The Cruel Seas That Lie Between Her And Home . . . Santa Montefiore And Penny Vincenzi Fans Will Swiftly Fall For Lesley Pearse's Mesmerising Novels - You'll Want To Read Them Again And Again . . . 'with Characters It Is Impossible Not To Care About . . . This Is Storytelling At Its Very Best' Daily Mail 'an Emotional And Moving Epic You Won't Forget In A Hurry' Woman's Weekly 'utterly Riveting, Brilliant' Closer

Discover the moving novel based on a true story about a woman triumphing against overwhelming odds, from the international bestseller Lesley Pearse
She made one mistake, and now she'll never see home again . . .
Mary, a Cornish mariner's daughter, makes the biggest mistake of her short life when she steals a silk hat. Convicted and sentenced to be transported to Australia, she endures horrific conditions aboard ship before landing in a brutal and barbaric country.
It will take all her courage just to survive.
But Mary is also determined to make something of herself in this rugged man's world.
And she dreams that one day she will find a way of crossing the cruel seas that lie between her and home . . .
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'With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best' Daily Mail
'An emotional and moving epic you won't forget in a hurry' Woman's Weekly
'Utterly riveting, brilliant' Closer

In 1786 a fisherman's daughter from Cornwall called Mary Broad was sentenced to be hung for theft. But her sentence was commuted and she was one of the first to be transported to Australia. Based on a true story, this novel tells of Mary's experiences of harsh colony life

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