- Title:
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South of Darkness
- Written by:
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John Marsden
- Read by:
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Paul English
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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11
- Duration:
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12 hours 38 minutes
- Published:
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November 01 2014
- Available Date:
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November 01 2014
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781486239726
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Historical Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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International bestselling author
The first novel for adults from Australia’s master storyteller: John Marsden.
Thirteen-year-old Barnaby Fletch is a bag-and-bones orphan in London in the late 1700s.
Barnaby lives on his wits and ill-gotten gains, on streets seething with the press of the throng and shadowed by sinister figures. Life is a precarious business.
When he hears of a paradise on the other side of the world – a place called Botany Bay – he decides to commit a crime and get himself transported to a new life, a better life.
To succeed, he must survive the trials of Newgate Prison, the stinking hull of a prison ship and the unknown terrors of a journey across the world.
And Botany Bay is far from the paradise Barnaby has imagined. When his past and present suddenly collide, he is soon fleeing for his life – once again.
A riveting story of courage, hope and extraordinary adventure.