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Moving between the slums of nineteenth-century London and the convict colonies of Australia, a compelling historical novel chronicles the lives and fortunes of the early pioneers of New South Wales, in a volume based on the author's own family history. Reader's Guide available. 25,000 first printing.
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Grenville, as ever, describes an Australia so overwhelmingly beautiful that readers will lust after its sunbaked soul too. (Daily Telegraph)
In this dazzling novel . . . Grenville achieves a fine balance of sympathy for the Aboriginal population of her native Australia . . .Stunning. (The Independent)
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In this dazzling novel . . . Grenville achieves a fine balance of sympathy for the Aboriginal population of her native Australia . . .Stunning. (The Independent)
A groundbreaking story about identity, belonging and ownership.
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- PublisherCanongate Books Ltd
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1841957976
- ISBN 13 9781841957975
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages334
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. The Orange Prize-winning author Kate Grenville recalls her family's history in an astounding novel about the pioneers of New South Wales. Already a best seller in Australia, The Secret River is the story of Grenville's ancestors, who wrested a new life from the alien terrain of Australia and its native people. London, 1806. William Thornhill, a Thames bargeman, is deported to the New South Wales colony in what would become Australia. In this new world of convicts and charlatans, Thornhill tries to pull his family into a position of power and comfort. When he rounds a bend in the Hawkesbury River and sees a gentle slope of land, he becomes determined to make the place his own. But, as uninhabited as the island appears, Australia is full of native people, and they do not take kindly to Thornhill's theft of their home.The Secret River is the tale of Thornhill's deep love for his small corner of the new world, and his slow realization that if he wants to settle there, he must ally himself with the most despicable of the white settlers, and to keep his family safe, he must permit terrifying cruelty to come to innocent people. Seller Inventory # DADAX1841957976
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