{"product_id":"the-convict-king-being-the-life-and-adventures-of-jorgen-jorgenson-paperback-9781108029667","title":"The Convict King; Being the Life and Adventures of Jorgen Jorgenson (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108029667","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Convict King\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeing the Life and Adventures of Jorgen Jorgenson\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpy, convict and later colonial adminstrator in Tasmania: the extraordinary adventures of Jorgen Jorgenson (1780–1841), published in 1893.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJorgen Jorgenson (Author), James Francis Hogan (Adapted by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108029667, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJames Francis Hogan (1855–1924) wrote several histories of Irish colonisation in Australia. His family emigrated to Melbourne in 1856 where he became a respected author. After returning to Britain in 1893 he was elected a Member of Parliament, and he later became Professor of Irish History at University College Cork. This book, first published in 1891, retells the extraordinary life of Jorgen Jorgenson (1780–1841), a Danish adventurer, accomplished fraudster, amateur playwright and freelance preacher, who once declared himself the ruler of Iceland and eventually became Constable of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Working from Jorgenson's autobiography (originally printed in the Van Diemen's Land Annual 1835 and 1838), Hogan describes his early adventures as a sailor, his 'liberation' of Iceland from Denmark in 1809, his employment as a British spy, his imprisonment at Newgate and arrival in Tasmania as a convict, and his participation in the infamous Aboriginal clearances there.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Birth in Copenhagen\u003cbr\u003e 2. Famine prices in Sydney\u003cbr\u003e 3. An arbitrary decree\u003cbr\u003e 4. Count Dillon\u003cbr\u003e 5. Paris on the morrow of Waterloo\u003cbr\u003e 6. A baffled emigration project\u003cbr\u003e 7. Midnight scene in Newgate\u003cbr\u003e 8. Life in the hulks\u003cbr\u003e 9. Landing at Hobart\u003cbr\u003e 10. Jealousy of the Blacks\u003cbr\u003e 11. A conditional pardon\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913188073752,"sku":"9781108029667","price":26.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108029667i_f4805197-99c6-4261-8ad0-f4b087a28071.jpg?v=1694873557","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-convict-king-being-the-life-and-adventures-of-jorgen-jorgenson-paperback-9781108029667","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}