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A reconstruction of a real episode in the very earliest days of the colonization of Australia, using the real peopple of the story to make the tale come true.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Thomas Keneally
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 353
- Publisher
- Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton, Random House Value Publishing
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780340422649
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“FIRST Ralph heard again how Harry had-one evening in the settlement's first days-discovered Duckling's absence from her tent across the stream.”
An Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fiction.
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