These Few Lines: A Convict Story: The Lost Lives of Myra & William Sykes

Author: Graham Seal
Publisher: ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney
Year: 2006
Format: Softcover
Pages: xv, 236 pages, plus 8 leaves of plates, with illustrations, some colour, maps and facsimiles
ISBN:  9780733324468 / 0733319483
Type of Book: Australian history, convict biography, historical biography

Description
These Few Lines by Graham Seal tells the moving true story of Myra and William Sykes, whose lives were shaped by transportation, separation and the convict system in Western Australia. Drawing on surviving correspondence and historical records, Seal reconstructs the lost lives of a convict and the wife he left behind in Sheffield, England.

First published in 2006 by ABC Books, this carefully researched biography offers a human and intimate view of convict history, exploring punishment, migration, hardship, family separation and endurance across distance.

The book was awarded the National Biography Award of Australia in 2008.

Includes bibliography.

Condition
Softcover. Used, Very Good condition, with light wear to covers.

Why You’ll Love It
A powerful and deeply human convict story, ideal for readers interested in Australian history, biography, Western Australian convict history and the personal stories behind transportation.