The lieutenant
By: Kate Grenville
Publisher: Canongate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847673473
Subjects: Astronomers; Roman; History; Immigrants; Friendship; Aboriginal Australians; Fiction
Description: In 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke officer and astronomer sets sale from Porstmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts destined for New South Wales. As the newcomers struggle to establish a settlement, Rooke comes to know the aboriginal people and forges a remarkable connection with one child which will change his life in ways he never imagined. Based on real events.
Notes: Originally published: Melbourne, Vic.: Text, 2008; Edinburgh: Canongate, 2009.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The young lieutenant; title: pt. 2. The astronomer; title: pt. 3. The names of things; title: pt. 4. To be of the party; title: pt. 5. Antigua, 1836.