The Catalpa Rescue av Peter FitzSimons

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<p><b>The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history.</b><br><br>New York, 1874. Members of the<i> Clan-na-Gael</i> - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote prison in the British Empire, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia. Under the guise of a whale hunt, Captain Anthony sets sail on the <i>Catalpa </i>to rescue the men from the stone walls of this hell on Earth known to the inmates as a ''living tomb''. What follows is one of history''s most stirring sagas that splices Irish, American, British and Australian history together in its climactic moment.<br><br>For Ireland, who had suffered English occupation for 700 years, a successful escape was an inspirational call to arms. For America, it was a chance to slap back at Britain for their support of the South in the Civil War; for England, a humiliation. And for a young Australia,