The Patriots
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Set against the vast, sun-scorched landscapes of a nation still finding its feet, The Patriots is the eighth instalment in William Stuart Long's sweeping ten-volume saga chronicling the settling of Australia — a monumental series that weaves together the lives of pioneers, soldiers, convicts, and lovers as they forge a new civilisation from an untamed continent. This entry chronicles the struggles and passions of a new generation of Australians, caught between the pull of their colonial heritage and the fierce desire to define an identity uniquely their own, as war, romance, and political upheaval test their courage and convictions to the breaking point. Long, the pen name behind which lies a masterful storyteller of the Pacific and Australian frontier, writes with the sweeping grandeur of a true epic, presenting richly drawn characters whose personal dramas mirror the wider birth pangs of a nation. Each volume in The Australians series has built an intricate tapestry of historical detail and human passion, and The Patriots delivers the same compulsive momentum — leaving the reader to wonder just what sacrifices and revelations the final two sagas will demand of this embattled, indomitable people.
Author: William Stuart Long
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Set against the vast, sun-scorched landscapes of a nation still finding its feet, The Patriots is the eighth instalment in William Stuart Long's sweeping ten-volume saga chronicling the settling of Australia — a monumental series that weaves together the lives of pioneers, soldiers, convicts, and lovers as they forge a new civilisation from an untamed continent. This entry chronicles the struggles and passions of a new generation of Australians, caught between the pull of their colonial heritage and the fierce desire to define an identity uniquely their own, as war, romance, and political upheaval test their courage and convictions to the breaking point. Long, the pen name behind which lies a masterful storyteller of the Pacific and Australian frontier, writes with the sweeping grandeur of a true epic, presenting richly drawn characters whose personal dramas mirror the wider birth pangs of a nation. Each volume in The Australians series has built an intricate tapestry of historical detail and human passion, and The Patriots delivers the same compulsive momentum — leaving the reader to wonder just what sacrifices and revelations the final two sagas will demand of this embattled, indomitable people.