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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE
A BBC2 BIG JUBILEE BETWEEN THE COVERS READ

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.

The Secret River

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Paperback / softback by Kate Grenville , Diana Athill

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZEA BBC2 BIG JUBILEE BETWEEN THE COVERS READLondon, 1806.... Read more

    Publisher: Canongate Books
    Publication Date: 24/07/2018
    ISBN13: 9781782118879, 978-1782118879
    ISBN10: 178211887X

    Number of Pages: 368

    Fiction , Historical Fiction

    Description

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
    WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE
    A BBC2 BIG JUBILEE BETWEEN THE COVERS READ

    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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