The lieutenant : a novel /

The lieutenant : a novel /

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Author / Creator:	Grenville, Kate, 1950-
Edition:	Hardcover ed.
Imprint:	Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, 2009.
Description:	302 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Penal colonies -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Fiction. Penal colonies. Australia -- History -- To 1788 -- Fiction. Australia. New South Wales. Fiction. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7717873

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ISBN:	9781554684328 1554684323
Summary:	In 1787, Thomas Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth, along with a cargo of convicts, bound for New South Wales. A quiet man with a penchant for science, Rooke eagerly anticipates the natural wonders he might discover in Australia. He will indeed find more than he could have hoped.

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