On Norfolk Island the early C19th colonial era cemetery at Kingston offers the clearest precis of life and death in one of the harshest penal colonies ever administered by Britain.  Inscriptions vary from crudely carved initials to elegantly scripted narratives of events leading to death - disease, violence or the hangman's rope.  The most meagre inscriptions are expanded and, coupled with genealogical research, reveal illuminating details regarding these past lives.  A fold-out plan of the cemetery aids further interpretation.  Hardback.  92 pages.  Good clean condition in a good dustjacket.  Cat No 3014