to Van Diemen's Land during the chapters devoted to Francis Crozier. Van Diemen's Land is the setting of the novel English Passengers by Matthew Kneale (2000), which tells the story of three eccentric Englishmen who in 1857 set sail for the island in search of the Garden of Eden. The story runs parallel with the narrative of a young Tasmanian who tells the struggle of the indigenous population and the desperate battle against the invading British colonists. Christopher Koch's novel Out of Ireland describes life as a convict in Van Diemen's Land. Richard Butler's novel The Men That God Forgot (1977) is based on the historical events of ten convicts who escaped from Van Diemen's Land to Valdivia, Chile in 1833. Marcus Clarke used historical events as the basis for his fictional For the Term of his Natural Life (1870), the story of a gentleman, falsely convicted of murder, who is transported to Van Diemen's Land. Julian Stockwin's nautical fiction series, The Kydd Series, includes the book Command (2006) in which Thomas Kydd takes a ship to Van Diemen's Land, at the behest of then governor of New South Wales, Philip Gidley King, for the purpose of preventing French explorers from establishing a French settlement on the island. Kevin G. Dyer's novel Dark Night in Van Diemen's Land tells the story of a young couple transported to the Port Arthur penal settlement. J.W. Clennett's 2015 graphic novel, The Diemenois, is set during an alternate history in which Napoleon Bonaparte fakes his death and flees to West Van Diemen, an area of Tasmania colonised by France. The story takes place in the fictional city of Baudin (where modern-day Stanley is located), named after French cartographer Nicolas Baudin. Emily Dickinson's poem, "If you were coming in the fall" makes reference to Van Diemen's land. “The Exiles” by Christina Baker Kline (2020) tells the story of “transportation” to Van Dieman’s Land and the hardship, oppression, opportunity and hope of three women at the centre of the story. See also Cape Grim massacre Cyprus mutiny Colony of Tasmania Governors of Tasmania Van Diemen's Land Company Apostolic Vicariate of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land (Catholic missionary jurisdiction) Notes References Alexandra, Rieck (editor) (2005) The Companion to Tasmanian History Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart. . Boyce, James (2008), Van Diemen's Land. Black Inc., Melbourne. . Robson, L.L. (1983) A history of