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The secret river /
By: Grenville, Kate
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Publisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate, 2005Edition: 1st American ed.Description: 334 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781841957975; 9781841957975:.Subject(s): English fiction -- 21st century | Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Fiction | Australian fiction -- 21st century | Land tenure -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Fiction | New South Wales -- History -- 19th century -- FictionDDC classification: 823.92 Summary: Following 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.
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Following 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.