{"product_id":"2026200014275-secondhand-robbery-under-arms","title":"Robbery Under Arms","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\u003eSet against the sweeping, sun-scorched landscapes of colonial Australia, Robbery Under Arms is a landmark novel of adventure and moral reckoning that chronicles the rise and fall of the Marston brothers, drawn irresistibly into a life of bushranging under the charismatic and ruthless outlaw Captain Starlight. Narrated from a prison cell by the doomed Dick Marston, the novel immerses the reader in a world of cattle duffing, daring heists, and cross-country chases, capturing the raw, lawless energy of nineteenth-century Australia with visceral authenticity.\n\nRolf Boldrewood — the pen name of Thomas Alexander Browne — crafted in this 1882 serialised tale one of the defining works of Australian literature, presenting a morally complex portrait of criminality that neither wholly condemns nor romanticises its protagonists. The narrative voice is plain-spoken yet deeply affecting, channelling the vernacular rhythms of the colonial bush to create an intimacy that draws readers into complicity with its outlaws. A cornerstone of the Australian literary canon and a thrilling yarn in equal measure, Robbery Under Arms leaves one wondering whether the true wilderness these men navigated was the land itself — or the choices it forced upon them.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161019326683,"sku":"2026200014275-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6af184e5-d733-4d5f-8c47-4b3536f7c31c.png?v=1787189178","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014275-secondhand-robbery-under-arms","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}