Title: The Secret River
Description: 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 compelling new novel from prize-winning author Kate Grenville is a universal and timeless story of love, identity and belonging.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Land tenure, Literature, Penal colonies, Fiction, historical, Australia, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, London (england), fiction
Places: Australia, New South Wales
Time periods: 19th century