The Secret RiverThe Secret River is the story of Grenville's ancestors, who wrested a new life from the alien terrain of Australia and its native people. London, 1806. William Thornhill, a Thames bargeman, is deported to the New South Wales colony in what would become Australia. In this new world of convicts and charlatans, Thornhill tries to pull his family into a position of power and comfort. |
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Page 59
... stone cells with hardly enough room on the dirty pallets to stretch out at night . The walls were blocks of fine - hewn stone , not a chink anywhere , of such a size they needed no mortar . Their mass alone was enough to lock them into ...
... stone cells with hardly enough room on the dirty pallets to stretch out at night . The walls were blocks of fine - hewn stone , not a chink anywhere , of such a size they needed no mortar . Their mass alone was enough to lock them into ...
Page 287
... stones and its deep bed of fine grey ash . A shiver of heat still rose from the ashes . To the side was the grinding stone and its grinder sitting in the groove it had made . All around , the ground was as clear and clean as Sal's own ...
... stones and its deep bed of fine grey ash . A shiver of heat still rose from the ashes . To the side was the grinding stone and its grinder sitting in the groove it had made . All around , the ground was as clear and clean as Sal's own ...
Page 315
... stone steps going up to the verandah were exactly what he had drawn - the ones he remembered from St Mary Magdalene in long - ago Bermondsey - but translated from paper to stone they had become dwarfish and awkward . A cricket had taken ...
... stone steps going up to the verandah were exactly what he had drawn - the ones he remembered from St Mary Magdalene in long - ago Bermondsey - but translated from paper to stone they had become dwarfish and awkward . A cricket had taken ...
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References to this book
Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love with Your Country Bruce Pascoe No preview available - 2007 |
Convincing Ground: Learning to Fall in Love with Your Country Bruce Pascoe No preview available - 2007 |