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Romanen forteller to parallelle historier. En om tre eksentriske engelskmenn som seiler til Tasmania for å finne Edens hage. Den andre historien forteller om en ung aboriginer og hans kamp mot den britiske invaderingen.
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It is 1857 and the reverend Geoffrey Wilson has set out for Tasmania, hoping to find the true site of the Garden of Eden. But the journey is turning out to be less than straightforward - dissent is growing between him and sinister racial-theorist Dr Potter, and, unknown to both, the ship they have hurriedly chartered is in fact a Manx smuggling vessel, fleeing British customs. In Tasmania the aboriginal people have been fighting a desperate battle against British invaders, and, as the passengers will discover, the island is now far from being an earthly paradise .
Forlag Penguin
Utgivelsesår 2000
Format Heftet
ISBN13 9780141003597
EAN 9780141003597
Genre Historisk litteratur
Omtalt tid 1800-tallet
Omtalt sted Australia
Språk Engelsk
Sider 462
Utgave 1
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