The Secret River

di Kate Grenville (Autore)

Rupert Penry-Jones (Narratore)

Little, Brown Book Group, 2007

This story is set in London, 1807. 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. The Thornhills arrive in this harsh and alien land that they cannot understand and which feels like a death sentence. But, among the convicts there is a rumour that freedom can be bought, that 'unclaimed' land up the Hawkesbury offers an opportunity to start afresh, far away from the township of Sydney. When William takes a hundred acres for himself, he is shocked to find Aboriginal people already living on the river. And other recent arrivals - Thomas Blackwood, Smasher Sullivan and Mrs. Herring - are finding their own ways to respond to them. Soon Thornhill, a man neither better nor worse than most, has to make the most difficult decision of his life...

• Autore: Kate Grenville
• Narratore: Rupert Penry-Jones
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 05:45:04
• Anno edizione: 2007
• Editore: Little, Brown Book Group
• EAN: 9781405503341

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