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His Natural Life (The Academy Editions of Australian Literature)
His Natural Life - The Academy Editions of Australian Literature Author:Marcus Clarke, Michael Roe, Elizabeth Webby One of the greatest 19th-century Australian novels and the grand epic of the transportation system, this novel charts the misfortune of Richard Divine, falsely accused of murder, through the worst Australian penal settlements, while retaining his humanity and spiritual dignity. So powerful is Clarke's representation of the brutality of transport... more »ation that more than a century later historians still struggle to disentangle fact from tragic fiction.« less