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The Secret River

byKate Grenville

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE A BBC2 BIG JUBILEE BETWEEN THE COVERS READ London, 1806. 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. Soon Thornhill, a man no better or worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life.

Language

English

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eBook

ISBN

9781847673534

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