Kate Grenville’s fictional account of the conflict that accompanied the settlement of New South Wales by exiled British convicts in the 19th century
Kate Grenville
Australian author Kate Grenville’s fifth novel, The Idea of Perfection, won the Orange Prize in 2001
Her bestselling novel The Secret River received the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2006 and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Grenville’s other novels include Sarah Thornhill, The Lieutenant, Lilian’s Story, Dark Places and Joan Makes History.
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