The Helots' Tale

How would you respond if your death sentence was commuted to life on an island prison half a world away?

Robert Bright and Mary Ann Goulding are beginning life on the island prison of Van Diemen’s Land, serving their sentences under the strict control of a martinet Governor. Two real people caught up in the hopelessness of an unequal,...

Journey back to the unforgiving 1800s, where two lives torn from their roots collide in an extraordinary tale of courage, resilience, and defiance. Robert Bright from Cambridge, and Mary Anne Goulden, a fiesty soul from the gritty streets of London’s east end, found themselves ripped away from family and thrust onto a treacherous voyage aboard...