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Name: The Secret River

Author: Kate Grenville
Year: 2005
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Genres/categories:
Historical fiction, Award winners
Culture: Australia

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ISBNs:
9781841959146
1841959146

In 1806 William Thornhill, an illiterate English bargeman and a man of quick temper but deep compassion, steals a load of wood and, as a part of his lenient sentence, is deported, along with his beloved wife, Sal, to the New South Wales colony in what would become Australia. The Secret River is the tale of William and Sal's deep love for their small, exotic corner of the new world, and William's gradual realization that if he wants to make a home for his family, he must forcibly take the land from the people who came before him. Acclaimed around the world, The Secret River is a magnificent, transporting work of historical fiction.

This book is part of the "Thornhill Family" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"Sarah Thornhill"
First published in 2011
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"The Lieutenant"
First published in 2007
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