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Book two of The Timeless Land trilogy, The Storm of Time continues
Eleanor Dark's sweeping saga of colonial Sydney under governors
Hunter, King and Bligh. Sydney Cove, 1799, and three years since
Governor Phillip departed. Against a background of continuing
convict settlement, hunger, rebellion and the terrifying force of a
barely understood land, the saga of Ellen Prentice and the Mannion
family continues. Stephen Mannion marries the lovely Conor Moore
and brings her back for Ellen to serve. Johnny Prentice goes bush -
and re-emerges for one last confrontation with his old master.
An outstanding literary achievement, meticulously researched and
deeply felt, this portrait of the earliest days of the European
settlement of Australia remains unrivalled. the year 1788: the very
beginning of European settlement. these were times of hardship,
cruelty and danger. Above all, they were times of conflict between
the Aborigines and the white settlers. Eleanor Dark brings alive
those bitter years with moments of tenderness and conciliation amid
the brutality and hostility. the cast of characters includes
figures historical and fictional, black and white, convict and
settler. All the while, beneath the veneer of British civilisation,
lies the baffling presence of Australia, the 'timeless land'. the
Storm of time and No Barrier complete the timeless Land trilogy.
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