SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE A BBC2 BIG JUBILEE BETWEEN THE COVERS READ 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.
ISBN: | 9781782118879 |
Publication date: | 24th July 2018 |
Author: | Kate Grenville, Diana Athill |
Publisher: | Canongate Canons an imprint of Canongate Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 368 pages |
Series: | Canons |
Genres: |
Historical Fiction Literary Fiction |