Patricia Shaw: The Glittering Fields, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Glittering Fields
- A powerful saga from the Australian gold mines
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- Verlag:
- Hachette Australia, 11/1997
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780747254218
- Artikelnummer:
- 2345212
- Umfang:
- 544 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 285 g
- Maße:
- 179 x 111 mm
- Stärke:
- 37 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 13.11.1997
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Set against the turbulent excitement of the goldrush, a story of courage, ambition and desire.
Following the tragic death of their father, Clem Price and his sister Alice take over the running of Lancoorie sheep station in Western Australia. Despite his youth and inexperience, Clem is determined to see the farm prosper. When wealthy Dr Carty suggests that Clem marry his daughter Thora, Clem cannot afford to refuse the handsome dowry she will bring. And although he knows that Thora is carrying another man's child, he is enchanted by his beautiful young bride. Yet Thora proves to be flighty and demanding, disappointed that her husband is not as wealthy as she had imagined. Desperate to please her, Clem joins the goldrush to Kalgoorlie to seek his fortune. But his prolonged absence enrages Thora further and, despite Alice's warnings, she travels to Perth to find her husband. Her dramatic reunion with Clem is to have shocking consequences from which those involved might never recover...
Biografie
Patricia Shaw wurde 1929 in Melbourne geboren und lebt heute in Queensland. Über viele Jahre leitete sie das Archiv für Oral History in Queensland und schrieb zwei Sachbücher über die Erschließung Australiens. Erst mit 52 Jahren entschied sie sich ganz für das freie Schriftstellerleben.
