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The Approaching Tide (Paperback)
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The Approaching Tide (Paperback)
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After serving a prison sentence for bigamy and cashiered from the
army, Will Crosby quits England for life as a sergeant in the
Queensland constabulary, hoping to regain lost self-esteem and the
forgiveness of his wronged 'wife', Alice. A typhus epidemic on
board ship puts his plans in jeopardy as the vessel and its
occupants must spend an indefinite time at the ill-prepared
quarantine station on Stradbroke Island. The new, unpredictable
relationships Will establishes, especially with Thomas, a lapsed
Irish Catholic priest, and Billy, a newly orphaned six-year old,
together with his experiences and responsibilities on Stradbroke,
project his life in hitherto unimagined directions. The total
absence of any Authority on the island forces Will (the future
policeman) and Thomas (the ex-priest) into trying to maintain
civilised order in desperate circumstances. However, they encounter
much hostility, for almost all the emigrants are fleeing
authoritarian harshness in England and Ireland, for one reason or
another. Crime and violence are rife, and, despite their own
anti-authoritarian sympathies, the two friends have no option but
to apply whatever justice they can to protect the community. Will's
view of the world is eventually radically changed through his
encounter with Tompani, an Aborigine elder, and his people.
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