Grenville Kate
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The Lieutenant
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Canongate
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Автор: Grenville Kate
Издательство: Canongate, 2010
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PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ
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In 1788 Daniel Rooke sets out on a journey that will change the course of his life. As a lieutenant in the First Fleet, he lands on the wild and unknown shores of New South Wales. There he sets up an observatory to chart the stars. But this country will prove far more revelatory than the stars above. Based on real events, The Lieutenant tells the unforgettable story of Rooke's connection with an Aboriginal child — a remarkable friendship that resonates across the oceans and the centuries.
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19 марта 2013
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The Secret River
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Canongate
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Автор: Grenville Kate
Издательство: Canongate, 2011
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DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ
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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...
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Sarah Thornhill
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Gardners
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Автор: Grenville Kate
Издательство: Gardners, 2012
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PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ
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Sarah and Jack have never doubted that they are made for each other. But there is someone in Sarah's family who will not tolerate the relationship. The reason lies in both the past and the present, and it will take Sarah across an ocean to a place she never imagined she would be. Kate Grenville takes us back to the Australia of The Secret River in this novel about love, tangled histories and how it matters to keep stories alive.
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The Lieutenant
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Faber and Faber
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Автор: Grenville Kate
Издательство: Faber and Faber, 2010
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PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ
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In 1788 Daniel Rooke sets out on a journey that will change the course of his life. As a lieutenant in the First Fleet, he lands on the wild and unknown shores of New South Wales. There he sets up an observatory to chart the stars. But this country will prove far more revelatory than the stars above. Based on real events, The Lieutenant tells the unforgettable story of Rooke's connection with an Aboriginal child — a remarkable friendship that resonates across the oceans and the centuries.
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19 марта 2013
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Sarah Thornhill
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Faber and Faber
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Автор: Grenville Kate
Издательство: Faber and Faber, 2012
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PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ
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This is a new novel from Kate Grenville and a journey back to the Thornhill family of the bestselling The Secret River. Sarah Thornhill, the youngest daughter of William Thornhill of the Hawkesbury River, has always believed she would marry the handsome Jack Langland. Me and Jack, she thinks, how could it go wrong? But there's an ugly secret in Sarah's family. It takes her into the darkness of the past, across an ocean and to a place she never imagined she would be. Kate Grenville takes us back to the early Australia of The Secret River and the Thornhill family. This is Sarah's story. It's a story of love lost and found, tangled histories and how it matters to keep stories alive.
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