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The Lieutenant Mass Market Paperback – 25 October 2010

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In 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange land on the other side of the world.
After the fleet arrives in Port Jackson, Rooke sets up camp on a rocky and isolated point, and starts his work of astronomy and navigation. It's not too long before some of the Aboriginal people who live around the harbour pay him a visit. One of them, a girl named Tarunga, starts to teach him her own language. But her lessons and their friendship are interrupted when Rooke is given an order that will change his life forever.
Inspired by the 1790 notebooks of William Dawes in which he recorded his conversations with a young Gadigal woman, The Lieutenant is a story about a man discovering his true self in extraordinary circumstances. This powerful novel will enthral readers of Kate Grenville's bestselling The Secret River, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Text Publishing; 1st edition (25 October 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 192165676X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1921656767
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.1 x 2 x 19.4 cm
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Kate Grenville (kategrenville.com) was born in Sydney, Australia. She's published eight books of fiction, including the multiple prize-winners 'The Secret River', 'The Lieutenant', 'The Idea of Perfection', and 'Lilian's Story'. She's also published three books about the writing process that are classic texts for Creative Writing classes, and a memoir about the research and writing of 'The Secret River'.

Grenville writes about Australia, but her themes are universal: love, violence, and survival. Her characters are often inspired by real historical characters: her own nineteenth century convict ancestor, an early Australian settler; a bag-lady on the streets of 1950s Sydney who quotes Shakespeare for a living; a soldier in the Sydney of 1788 who shares an extraordinary friendship of tenderness and respect with a young Aboriginal girl.

Grenville's international prizes include the Orange Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and a shortlisting for the Man Booker Prize. Her books have been published all over the world and translated into many languages, and two have been made into feature films.

Learn more about Kate Grenville, her books, and how to get hold of them, at kategrenville.com.

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Beverley
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awesome book and good quality
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Andrew Barton
4.0 out of 5 stars Our History as a credible story
Reviewed in Australia on 19 January 2023
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It was an excellent book that placed many of the happenings in the early penal colony into a credible context. It is fiction or rather "faction".
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George
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I ordered 'The Lieutenant (Historical Trilogy Book 2)' and 'The Secret River' by the same author intending for them to be gifted to my wife on 19th December 2021. I could not find where Amazon allowed this to happen so I reluctantly purchased both items on my wife's Amazon account. I successfully transferred to them to her iPad.
I could not find on my Amazon account how to ask for a return / refund for these items and now I learn the return date has expired. I am not happy Amazon. I perceived your website is excellent but it did not allow for returns / refunds although it mentioned both words but no way of achieving it.
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Kate Myors
5.0 out of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book and especially the way it was so ...
Reviewed in Australia on 27 December 2014
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I really enjoyed this book and especially the way it was so well written. The descriptions were clear but didn't give away everything, the characters were beautifully written and I was especially pleased by the resolution and ending. My only downfall was that I've recently read The Secret River and that book kept popping into my head. I was pleased that this one didn't neglect the horrible stuff that happened but that it didn't make it quite so confronting.

I would recommend this to anyone interested in good literature and Australia.
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Sarah
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Historical Fiction
Reviewed in Australia on 14 June 2014
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It was until I reached the final chapters that I fully understood the authors intention. It took a while to get where the story was going but an enjoyable book never-the-less.
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Michael
5.0 out of 5 stars A delight
Reviewed in Australia on 7 May 2019
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What a beautiful book. Almost poetry and so cleverly blending history and romance read with mounting apprehension. A delight to read. Sad to finish it at last
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Bruce Kaye
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Australia on 24 August 2014
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terrific read full of fascinating detail and evocation
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Rosemary Dudley
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommend
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A great read, I really enjoyed this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read, very well researched
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2023
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Written with a deep understanding of the early history of Australia, with a profound sympathy for the original inhabitants and for the (few) individual white people who saw them as fellow human beings. Excellent.
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Katherine
5.0 out of 5 stars The settlement of Early Australia.
Reviewed in the United States on 18 October 2018
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Love this book. Well written, fresh language, great, well-developed plot, believable characters and a lesson in Australian history to boot.
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Sally Ann
5.0 out of 5 stars British/Australian novel
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This book is based on a true story, so many years ago. It was an interesting read and it is very good to know, and read about, that there were men with morals regarding both Australian and African natives all those years ago. I would recommend this book to anyone, especially someone interested in British/Australian history.
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Djinn
5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful evocative story
Reviewed in France on 30 January 2013
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Beatifully written, this books deals with the difficult relationships between colonisers and aborigines in the early years of British presence in Australia.
The hero of the story, himself a loner within his own community, manages to establish a tentative friendship with a liitle aborigine girl in spite of the language barrier. However the bridge between them is constantly threatened by the resentment of the aborigines and the fear of the newcomers who do not seem to be able to communicate.
The story does bring to mind how difficult it must have been for these early colonisers to come to terms with a world that was totally alien in all its aspects under tough circumstances as well as the aborigines' plea for whom the new arrivals pose a total challenge to their ancestral way of living.
I had read the first book in the trilogy, The Secret River, which also deals with these issues and had been captivated by the way in which it was written. The second book did not disappoint : it reads easily and, without ever being gushing or mawkish, brings out a range of emotions and feelings, that makes it outstanding.
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Linda
4.0 out of 5 stars 2nd in series
Reviewed in the United States on 9 November 2023
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This is a good story, but it's not really related to The Secret River and seemed to have little to do with her other books except as general background. Very well written and researched.
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