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Secret River by Kate Grenville (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCanongate Books
ISBN-101841957976
ISBN-139781841957975
eBay Product ID (ePID)51077223
Product Key Features
Book TitleSecret River
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterary, Historical
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorKate Grenville
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight21.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal823.914
SynopsisFollowing a childhood marked by poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife and children, he arrives in a harsh land to a life that feels like a death sentence., 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., After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thomhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the terms of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children to tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. But his first glimpse of land for the taking awakens in him a desire he never had before: to own that land, no matter the cost to his soul. From the winner of the 2001 Orange Prize.
LC Classification NumberPR9619.3.G73
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- May 10, 2016
The Secret River
A must read. Couldn't put the book down.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
