The Fatal Shore

book by Robert Hughes
Book literary_work Q7733527
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The Fatal Shore

Summary

The Fatal Shore is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Fatal Shore authored Robert Hughes[3].
  • The Fatal Shore received the Duff Cooper Prize[4].
  • The Fatal Shore received the WH Smith Literary Award[5].
  • The Fatal Shore's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • The Fatal Shore's instance of is recorded as history book[7].
  • The Fatal Shore's publisher is recorded as Alfred A. Knopf[8].
  • The Fatal Shore's publisher is recorded as Folio Society[9].
  • The Fatal Shore's publisher is recorded as William Collins, Sons[10].
  • The Fatal Shore's publisher is recorded as HarperCollins[11].
  • The Fatal Shore's genre is recorded as history book[12].
  • The Fatal Shore's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Fatal Shore's publication date is recorded as +1986-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • The Fatal Shore's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03k8sg[15].
  • The Fatal Shore's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2740440M[16].
  • The Fatal Shore's has edition or translation is recorded as Q133839478[17].
  • The Fatal Shore's main subject is recorded as history of Australia[18].
  • The Fatal Shore's ISBN-10 is recorded as 0-394-50668-5[19].
  • The Fatal Shore's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 4632[20].
  • The Fatal Shore's number of pages is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+688'}[21].
  • The Fatal Shore's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Fatal-Shore-The-Epic-of-Australias-Founding[22].
  • The Fatal Shore's author name string is recorded as Hughes[23].
  • The Fatal Shore's Dictionary of Sydney ID is recorded as artefact/the_fatal_shore[24].
  • The Fatal Shore's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 84137[25].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Fatal Shore authored Robert Hughes[3]. Publishers include Alfred A. Knopf[8], Folio Society[9], William Collins, Sons[10], and HarperCollins[11].

Publication

The Fatal Shore's publication date is recorded as +1986-00-00T00:00:00Z[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is recorded as history book[12].

Subject and Themes

The Fatal Shore's main subject is recorded as history of Australia[18].

Reception

Awards received include Duff Cooper Prize[4], an award[26], in United Kingdom[27] and WH Smith Literary Award[5], an award[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 1959[30].

Why It Matters

The Fatal Shore ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month).[2]

FAQs

What awards did The Fatal Shore receive?

Honors received include Duff Cooper Prize[4] and WH Smith Literary Award[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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