FACT OR FICTION? Why did the British Government invest a fortune in 1787 to send the worst of its people to the other side of the world? And what was behind the mysterious disappearance of French naval hero and explorer La Perouse, whose two frigates arrived in Botany Bay only days after the First Fleet? Marine Captain Watkin Tench's daily journals open a new perspective on international politics in the late 18th century and explain...