{"product_id":"2026200012186-secondhand-robbery-under-arms-a-story-of-life-and-adventure-in-the-bush-and-in-the-goldfields-of-australia","title":"Robbery Under Arms: A Story Of Life And Adventure In The Bush And In The Goldfields Of Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew novels have so vividly captured the rugged lawlessness of colonial Australia as Robbery Under Arms, narrated by the doomed bushranger Dick Marston from his prison cell as he awaits execution. Written by Rolf Boldrewood — the pen name of Thomas Alexander Browne — this landmark work chronicles the Marston family's descent into outlawry under the charismatic and ruthless Captain Starlight, sweeping readers across the sun-scorched bush, treacherous goldfields, and cattle runs of nineteenth-century Australia in a story of loyalty, greed, and fatal choices.\n\nBeyond its gripping plot, Robbery Under Arms stands as one of the great foundational texts of Australian literature, presenting a morally complex portrait of a society balanced between frontier freedom and colonial law. Boldrewood writes with an authenticity drawn from his own experience as a squatter and magistrate, lending the novel a gritty realism rarely matched in its era. The character of Starlight — dashing, enigmatic, and ultimately tragic — has become an enduring archetype of the Australian cultural imagination. This edition, published by The Discovery Press of Penrith and introduced by A.T. Brisenden, offers a carefully considered presentation of a novel that continues to ask whether a man is truly free in a land that promises everything and forgives nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130920804571,"sku":"2026200012186-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8df53272-040a-4871-9dd1-a9cc6b97c325.png?v=1786592103","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012186-secondhand-robbery-under-arms-a-story-of-life-and-adventure-in-the-bush-and-in-the-goldfields-of-australia","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}