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'The story of a young convict, Solomon Blay, who became Her Majesty's hangman in Van Diemen's Land; the man who personally had to deliver an Empire's judgement on 200 men and women, and endured his own noose of personal demons and demonisation in order to "survive"; all in the context of the great struggles of good-evil, life-death, hope-despair, which drew the attention of Darwin, Twain, Trollope and Dickens as Van Diemen's Land evolved from a Hades of Evil to sow the seeds of nationhood.
'The book paints a vivid picture of the society and poverty from which Blay's character was forged in England and the desperate, brutal nature of being a convict in Van Diemen's Land. Solomon's Noose is an important book in exposing the dark 'underbelly' in the formation of modern Australia. ' (Publication summary)
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The Convict Who Used the Noose to Save His Own Neck
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 October 2015; (p. 25)
— Review of Solomon's Noose : The True Story of Her Majesty's Hangman of Hobart 2015 single work biography
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The Convict Who Used the Noose to Save His Own Neck
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 October 2015; (p. 25)
— Review of Solomon's Noose : The True Story of Her Majesty's Hangman of Hobart 2015 single work biography