This novelisation of true events depicts a chilling tale of convict life in early Tasmania. Bleszynski creates a strong sense of Pearce's amazing exploits through the 'discovery' of his written memoirs at the remains of Sarah Island penal colony by a rich young American, Daniel Ruth, thirty years after Pearce's death.
With a mixture of action, and Pearce's reflections before he heads to the gallows, readers are drawn into an engrossing portrayal of a brutal penal colony and harsh landscape, and the lengths to which people go to survive.
Citation: Bleszynski, Nick Bloodlust : the unsavoury tale of Alexander Pearce, the convict cannibal North Sydney : William Heinemann, 2008.
ISBN: 978 1 74166 700 4 387p.
LINC Tasmania catalogue record for "Bloodlust"
LINC Tasmania items by Nick Bleszynski
