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Secret River The

Grenville Kate

9781922147424

BOOK DETAILS

Price: $22.99
Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781922147424
Published: May 2013

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In 1806 William Thornhill, a man of quick temper and deep feelings, is transported from the slums of London to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and their children he arrives in a harsh land he cannot understand.
But the colony can turn a convict into a free man.

Eight years later Thornhill sails up the Hawkesbury to claim a hundred acres for himself. Aboriginal people already live on that river. And other recent arrivals-Thomas Blackwood, Smasher Sullivan and Mrs Herring-are finding their own ways to respond to them.

Thornhill, a man neither better nor worse than most, soon has to make the most difficult choice of his life.

Inspired by research into her own family history, Kate Grenville vividly creates the reality of settler life, its longings, dangers and dilemmas. The Secret River is a brilliantly written book, a groundbreaking story about identity, belonging and ownership.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781922147424
Published: May 2013

Number of pages: 352
Width: 129 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Text Publishing

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