Broadbent: India, China, Australia: Trade and Society 1788-1850 | ||
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William Dalrymple: Sydney Morning Herald | |
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Penal colonies in distant corners of the Indian Ocean were not necessarily the first choice of residence for your average Victorian memsahib. However, while it may have been "quite horrid … being surrounded by convicts", Mrs Prinsep nonetheless preferred the healthy climate to the enervating "disease and death of Bengal", where her husband had worked with the East India Company. | ||
