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(0)Kate Grenville
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
WINNER OF THE 2006 COMMONWEALTH OVERALL BEST BOOK AWARD
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
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Publisher
Text Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It is 1788. Twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth is hungry for life but, as the ward of a Devon clergyman, knows she has few prospects. When proud, scarred soldier John Macarthur promises her the earth one midsummer's night, she believes him. But Elizabeth soon realises she has made a terrible mistake. Her new husband is reckless, tormented, driven by some dark rage at the world. He tells her he is to take up a position as Lieutenant in a New South Wales...
