Published: Sep. 24, 2011
Words: 127,068 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465748508

Short description

A novel about Australian First Fleet convicts and their families. Nathaniel's Bloodline is based on historical events in the earliest days of convict settlement in New South Wales. It is also about fair-dinkum Aussie battlers chasing their dreams, and running from gangsters and corrupt lawmen.

Extended description

Australian historical fiction. A gripping, fast-moving drama about the downtrodden Asker clan and the harsh realities of life in a desolate and forbidding land. Always present are their arch-enemies, the aristocratic Glengyles. Nathaniel's Bloodline is also about early settlers, explorers, cattle drovers, gold miners and gamblers. At home at The Rocks are the wives waiting in desparate poverty for their men to come home to their large families.

Tags

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Review by: Jennifer Petrofsky on Oct. 16, 2012 :
This is an amazing book. Not a dull moment in it. I had a hard time putting it down. I have purchased the next two books in the series. I have also recommended it my friends and family.
(review of free book)

Review by: Tui Allen on Oct. 15, 2011 :
This book is well worth a read. It is not perfect but it is an extremely gripping story and full of action. It is not the kind of book I normally read, yet I found myself reading in the small hours to find out what happened next. One of the fastest-moving reads I've experienced - a rapidly plot-twisting roller-coaster. The characters endear themselves and you feel for them. The frequent POV changes were unsettling at first, but the reason for that is hinted in the title of the book. Its not the story of a single person but of his bloodline through several generations so we switch from male to female and back quite regularly though mainly focusing on one from each generation. I felt that the book was well-researched and displaying a period in the history of Australia accurately and with a gritty realism that brought it alive for me. There were a few errors but not so many they became obtrusive or annoying. Well worth a read. I'm intending to give the next one a go as well.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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