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The Secret River
Written by Kate Grenville
- Shortlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2006
- Published by Canongate
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Kate Grenville’s fictional account of the conflict that accompanied the settlement of New South Wales by exiled British convicts in the 19th century
London, 1806. William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart, is a waterman on the River Thames. Life is tough but bearable - until William makes a 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. In this harsh and alien environment, William makes his home in ‘unclaimed land’ - but is shocked to find aboriginal people are already living there.
Kate Grenville
Australian author Kate Grenville’s fifth novel, The Idea of Perfection, won the Orange Prize in 2001
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