The Secret River [electronic resource] : Thornhill Series, Book 1
Grenville, Kate2006
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London, 1807. William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable until William makes a mistake, a bad mistake for which he and his family are made to pay dearly. His sentence: to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. The Thornhills arrive in this harsh and alien land that they cannot understand and which feels like a death sentence. But among the convicts there is a rumour that freedom can be bought, that 'unclaimed' land up the Hawkesbury offers an opportunity to start afresh, far away from the township of Sydney. When William takes a hundred acres for himself he is shocked to find Aboriginal people already living on the river. And other recent arrivals - Thomas Blackwood, Smasher Sullivan and Mrs Herring - are finding their own ways to respond to them. Soon Thornhill, a man neither better nor worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life.
Main title:
The Secret River [electronic resource] : Thornhill Series, Book 1 / Kate Grenville
Author:
Grenville, Kate, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Canongate Books, 2006
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Thornhill
Audience:
Reading grade level: 5
Awards:
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Commonwealth Foundation)Man Booker Prize for Fiction Nominee (The Booker Prize Foundation)Notable Books for Adults (Notable Books Council)
ISBN:
9781847673534
Language:
English
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BRN:
2308365