Of Angles and Eagles

In Of Angels and Eagles L F McDermott has written a historical fiction novel about the possible lives of four of her ancestors who arrived as convicts in the early days of the first settlement at Norfolk Island. From 1788 to 1807 a settlement of convicts and farmers was established on the island until the decision was made to close the settlement and relocate those living on the island back to Port Jackson or to Van Diemens Land.

As I have 4 x great grandparents who lived on Norfolk Island from 1790-1805 before resettling at Hobart Town, I was interested to read the author's imagining of the lives of her ancestors in a similar situation.

This novel is the first book in the Garth Trilogy.