The secret river / Kate Grenville ; introduction by Diana Athill.

By:

Grenville, Kate, 1950- [author.]

Series: CanonsPublisher: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2018Description: xvi, 349 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type:

text
cartographic image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781782118879 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

New South Wales -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction

Genre/Form:

LOC classification:

PR9619.3.G73

Summary: 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.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Term Loan	Hockney Library Reading Zone	RC/GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		7412409367

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.

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