{"product_id":"2026600000416-secondhand-landtakers-the-story-of-an-epoch","title":"Landtakers: The Story Of An Epoch","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: repr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of Australian historical fiction, Land-Takers chronicles the brutal and unrelenting struggle of Derek Cabell, a young English immigrant who arrives in colonial Queensland in the 1840s determined to carve out a pastoral empire from the untamed wilderness. Penton's narrative unflinchingly details the violence, moral compromise, and raw ambition required to seize and hold land in a frontier society where survival demands ruthlessness. The novel presents a deliberately unsentimental portrait of the pioneering era, stripping away the romantic mythology of Australian settlement to expose the greed and savagery that underpinned it. Written in a stark, muscular prose style, it stands as the first volume of Penton's Landtakers trilogy and remains a provocative and enduring work of Australian literature that refuses to glorify its deeply flawed protagonist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48763136180443,"sku":"2026600000416-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ceb9c1a1-9837-47dd-9e70-083b0f6fcc46.png?v=1778499122","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000416-secondhand-landtakers-the-story-of-an-epoch","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}