The Book Prize Index

The Fatal Shore

Robert Hughes

Incredibly rich and detailed account of the first white settlers that arrived in Australia, and what they found when they arrived. Riveting.

HistoryWorld History · medium confidenceWorld History81 signalsLlm Classifier: World History -> World HistoryOpen Library: Australia, discovery and exploration -> ScienceOpen Library: Australia, discovery and exploration -> Travel & PlaceAmerican Politics

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Duff Cooper Prize: History, Biography & Political Science1987WinnerSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

This is an unverified interpretation of the catalog description, offered as an opt-in discovery experiment—not as bibliographic fact.

  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Australia60%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 55%.