The secret river / Squatter settlements Convicts
Grenville, Kate, 1950-
The secret river / Kate Grenville. - Melbourne : Text Publishing, c2005. - 334 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Maps on end papers.
After a childhood of 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 Sal and children in tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. But among the convicts there is a whisper that freedom can be bought, an opportunity to start afresh.
1920885757
Squatter settlements--Fiction.
Convicts--Australia--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
A823.4 A823.3
The secret river / Kate Grenville. - Melbourne : Text Publishing, c2005. - 334 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Maps on end papers.
After a childhood of 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 Sal and children in tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. But among the convicts there is a whisper that freedom can be bought, an opportunity to start afresh.
1920885757
Squatter settlements--Fiction.
Convicts--Australia--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
A823.4 A823.3