description: A saga of three generations of the indomitable Cleary family begins in the early 1900s when Paddy Cleary, a poor New Zealand farm laborer, moves his wife and children to the Australian sheep station owned by his rich sister
language: English
title: The Thorn Birds
titlecomplete: The Thorn Birds
characters: James and Patrick "Jims and Patsy" Cleary, Stuart "Stu" Cleary, Justine O'Neill, Bob Cleary, Dane O'Neill, Rainer "Rain" Moerling Hartheim, Harold "Hal" Cleary, Francis "Frank" Cleary, Jack Cleary, Padraic "Paddy" Cleary, Mary Elizabeth Cleary Carson, Luddie Mueller, Anne Mueller, Hughie Cleary, Fiona "Fee" Cleary, Archbishop (later Cardinal) Vittorio di Contini-Verchese, Meghann "Meggie" Cleary, Ralph de Bricassart, Luke O'Neill
genres: Fiction, Historical, Australia, Drama, Romance, Adult, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance
ratings_count: 344646
places: Australia, Outback, New Zealand, Vatican City
publisher: G K Hall & Co