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

Times: 19th century