Landtakers: The Story Of An Epoch
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Author: Brian Penton
Format: Hardback
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Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch is a historical fiction novel by Brian Penton. It is the story of Derek Cabell, the young Englishman of good family who set out to carve a fortune for himself in Queensland in the 1840s; whose success was achieved only at drastic cost to his own personality as, with his ex-convict wife Emma at his side, he fought against drought and flood and fire and the tumultuous society of floggers, jailbirds and unprincipled adventurers in which he found himself. This is a novel which, in the thirties, and in company with Xavier Herbert's Capricornia, took Australian writing to new heights and depths of awareness. It is a story full of dust and sunlight and violence, crowded with incidents and characters, flooded with Penton's own ruthless determination to expose the greed and squalor of the convict and landtaking days. Published by Angus & Robertson.
Author: Brian Penton
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages:
Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch is a historical fiction novel by Brian Penton. It is the story of Derek Cabell, the young Englishman of good family who set out to carve a fortune for himself in Queensland in the 1840s; whose success was achieved only at drastic cost to his own personality as, with his ex-convict wife Emma at his side, he fought against drought and flood and fire and the tumultuous society of floggers, jailbirds and unprincipled adventurers in which he found himself. This is a novel which, in the thirties, and in company with Xavier Herbert's Capricornia, took Australian writing to new heights and depths of awareness. It is a story full of dust and sunlight and violence, crowded with incidents and characters, flooded with Penton's own ruthless determination to expose the greed and squalor of the convict and landtaking days. Published by Angus & Robertson.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Brian Penton
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages:
Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch is a historical fiction novel by Brian Penton. It is the story of Derek Cabell, the young Englishman of good family who set out to carve a fortune for himself in Queensland in the 1840s; whose success was achieved only at drastic cost to his own personality as, with his ex-convict wife Emma at his side, he fought against drought and flood and fire and the tumultuous society of floggers, jailbirds and unprincipled adventurers in which he found himself. This is a novel which, in the thirties, and in company with Xavier Herbert's Capricornia, took Australian writing to new heights and depths of awareness. It is a story full of dust and sunlight and violence, crowded with incidents and characters, flooded with Penton's own ruthless determination to expose the greed and squalor of the convict and landtaking days. Published by Angus & Robertson.
Author: Brian Penton
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages:
Landtakers: The Story of an Epoch is a historical fiction novel by Brian Penton. It is the story of Derek Cabell, the young Englishman of good family who set out to carve a fortune for himself in Queensland in the 1840s; whose success was achieved only at drastic cost to his own personality as, with his ex-convict wife Emma at his side, he fought against drought and flood and fire and the tumultuous society of floggers, jailbirds and unprincipled adventurers in which he found himself. This is a novel which, in the thirties, and in company with Xavier Herbert's Capricornia, took Australian writing to new heights and depths of awareness. It is a story full of dust and sunlight and violence, crowded with incidents and characters, flooded with Penton's own ruthless determination to expose the greed and squalor of the convict and landtaking days. Published by Angus & Robertson.
Landtakers: The Story Of An Epoch
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