The secret river /
Grenville, Kate, 1950-
The secret river / Kate Grenville ; introduction by Diana Athill. - xvi, 349 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm. - The canons . - Canons. .
Originally published: Melbourne, Australia: Text Publishing, 2005.
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.
9781782118879 (pbk.) : £8.99
New South Wales--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical.
The secret river / Kate Grenville ; introduction by Diana Athill. - xvi, 349 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm. - The canons . - Canons. .
Originally published: Melbourne, Australia: Text Publishing, 2005.
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.
9781782118879 (pbk.) : £8.99
New South Wales--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical.
