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The Secret River is a 2005 historical novel by Kate Grenville about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story explores what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aboriginal people.
The Secret River is set in the early nineteenth century, on what was then the frontier between British colonists and Australia’s indigenous people: the Hawkesbury River, fifty miles from Sydney. Many of its details are based on my own family history.
1 gen 2005 · The Secret River by Kate Grenville is historical fiction at it’s finest. It starts off as a quiet pondering story of the toils in poverty-stricken 19th century England where most must resort to stealing to survive.
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The Secret River is actually inspired by Kate Grenville's own convict ancestor, Solomon Wiseman. He was brought to Australia from England as punishment for theft and, like William Thornhill, never returned to England.
1 lug 2005 · Kate Grenville’s award winning book describes an English family transported to New South Wales (Sydney and its surrounding area) after William is convicted of theft and sentenced to death or indentured servitude in Australia.
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The Secret River. Kate Grenville. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, Dec 1, 2007 - Fiction - 358 pages. This Man Booker Award Finalist and Commonwealth Prize-winner is an “unforgettable” tale of...
20 nov 2008 · 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...
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