The Last ConvictA moving and insightful novel about the life and times of Samuel Speed, believed to be the last of the transported convicts to die in Australia, and a vivid recreation of life in Australia's penal era by the bestselling author of Soldier Boy. 'It's a good story, Samuel. You're a piece of living history.' Oxford 1863 Young Samuel Speed sets a barley stack alight in the hope it will earn him a bed in prison for the night. He wants nothing more than a