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Item Details
| Title:
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THE LIEUTENANT
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| By: |
Kate Grenville |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847673449 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847673442 |
| Publisher: |
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 2009 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Daniel Rooke was always an outsider. Daniel could only hope - against all the evidence - that he would one day find his place in life. By 1788, Daniel has become Lieutenant Rooke, astronomer with First Fleet as it lands on the unknown shores of New South Wales. But the place where they have landed will prove far more revelatory than the night sky. |
| Synopsis: |
As a boy, Daniel Rooke was always an outsider. At school, he learned to hide his clever thoughts from his cruel peers; at home, his parents were bemused by their bookish son. Daniel could only hope - against all the evidence - that he would one day find his place in life. By 1788, Daniel has become Lieutenant Rooke, astronomer with the First Fleet as it lands on the unknown shores of New South Wales. As the newcomers struggle to establish a settlement for themselves and their cargo of convicts, and attempts are made to communicate with those who already inhabit this land, Rooke sets up his observatory to chart the stars. But the place where they have landed will prove far more revelatory than the night sky. Out on his isolated point, Rooke comes to know the local Aboriginal people, and forges a remarkable connection with one child, which will change his life in ways he never imagined. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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