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Informationen zum Autor Tamara McKinley was born in Australia and returns there every year to do her research for her novels! which are coloured with the red! green and gold of her beloved homeland. Tamara is married to Oliver and between them they have five children! three grandchildren and a cat. Klappentext It is 1768. For thousands of years Australia has been inhabited only by the Aborigines who understand its land so well. But giant boats filled with white ghost-men are arriving! and their shores are now under a terrifying invasion. Longing to see the world! Jonathan Cadwallader joins the Endeavour's voyage to find the so-called 'Lands Beyond the Sea'. But it is a journey that will have far-reaching consequences... Susan Penhalligan mourns everything she has lost to the sea. But she does not yet know that her destiny actually lies across that ocean! and further from her native Cornwall than she could ever imagine. Having survived transportation! Billy Penhalligan clings to the promise of a new life and a new beginning. But there's more suffering to face before he can call Australia home...
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'Lush with intense descriptions of nature and tense drama.' USA Publisher's Weekly on MATILDA'S LAST WALTZ