Lisa McCune is the heart of this epic drama, set in the criminal world of early nineteenth-century London and the convict settlement of Van Diemen's Land, as a young orphan girl struggling to make her way in the world.
Lisa McCune is the heart of this epic drama, set in the criminal world of early nineteenth-century London and the convict settlement of Van Diemen's Land, as a young orphan girl struggling to make her way in the world.
Mary befriends Margaret Keating while in gaol and the two of them slyly sell whisky they make from prison garden potatoes. When at last, Mary is released, she is able to use her profits to set up a small brewery, The Potato Factory.