num_pages: 592
description: books
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: Virago