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