The lieutenant
Grenville, Kate, 1950-2014
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In 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange land on the other side of the world.
Main title:
The lieutenant / Kate Grenville.
Author:
Grenville, Kate, 1950-, author
Work:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Imprint:
Melbourne : Text Publishing, 2014.©2008.
Collation:
307 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Previously published: 2009.
ISBN:
9781921656767 (paperback)192165676X (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.3
Language:
English
Subject:
Dawes, William, 1762-1836 -- FictionPatyegarang -- FictionAboriginal Australians -- FictionAboriginal Australians -- Treatment of -- New South Wales -- FictionAstronomers -- Australia -- FictionFriendship -- FictionImmigrants -- Australia -- FictionAustralia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- FictionAustralian fictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
4227