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Discover the captivating world of **The Ballad of Desmond Kale**, a masterful narrative that transports readers to the early 1800s during the British settlement of Australia. This award-winning novel, which secured the prestigious **Miles Franklin Award**, delves into the lives of a diverse cast, including governors, redcoats, English gaolers, and Irish convicts, all set against the stunning backdrop of Botany Bay. Experience the thrilling escape of Desmond Kale, an Irish political prisoner, who becomes embroiled in a gripping chase led by the eccentric magistrate, Matthew Stanton.
Immerse yourself in a story where **ambition**, **greed**, and **redemption** intertwine with a unique love story that captivates the heart. The narrative explores the remarkable transformation of wool production in New South Wales, revealing how this velvety resource became the gold of the Australian colonies. Written in glorious detail, **The Ballad of Desmond Kale** features vivid characterizations and rich, dynamic settings that span from the rugged Australian bush to the grand halls of Westminster and the mills of Yorkshire, culminating in a breathtaking finale deep in the outback.
Perfect for fans of historical fiction, this **656-page paperback** transports readers straight into the essence of Australia’s early settlers while highlighting the interplay of passion and survival in a raw, untamed landscape. Get your copy today and dive into this brilliant exploration of Australian history and identity, where once the ballad is sung, the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary.
**Delivery Information:** Your order will be dispatched within 2-5 business days using reliable shipping services to ensure it reaches you promptly.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781741661392
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2007
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
Pages: 656
Description:
Winner of the Miles Franklin Award.
Winner of the Miles Franklin Award.
In the early 1800s, out of the prison society of governors, redcoats, English gaolers, Irish convicts, and the few free settlers of Botany Bay, no one had ventured much farther inland than a few dozen miles from Sydney. Or so it was believed until the escape of Desmond Kale and the vengeance of his rival, the wildly eccentric parson magistrate Matthew Stanton.
The Ballad of Desmond Kale is a broad-sweeping novel of the first days of British settlement in Australia. At the centre is Stanton's pursuit of Kale - an Irish political prisoner and a rebelliously brilliant breeder of sheep. The alchemy of wool fascinates, threatens, and transforms when it is discovered that fine wool thrives in New South Wales as nowhere else in in the world, producing veritable gold on sheep's backs.
The Ballad of Desmond Kale is both a love story of unusual interest and an epic novel of greed, ambition, conceit, and redemption. The novel is rich in its characterisations and the rawness of its settings, vigour of language, and vividness of personality. The action moves from the early Australian bush to the halls of Westminster, the mills of Yorkshire, the sierras of Spain, the wilds of the Southern Ocean, and returns at last into the far outback for its finale.
Once the ballad is sung, ordinary experience is heightened, the world can never be the same again. A brilliant and inspired recreation of the early days of white Australian settlement by one of Australia's finest writers working at the height of his powers.
Immerse yourself in a story where **ambition**, **greed**, and **redemption** intertwine with a unique love story that captivates the heart. The narrative explores the remarkable transformation of wool production in New South Wales, revealing how this velvety resource became the gold of the Australian colonies. Written in glorious detail, **The Ballad of Desmond Kale** features vivid characterizations and rich, dynamic settings that span from the rugged Australian bush to the grand halls of Westminster and the mills of Yorkshire, culminating in a breathtaking finale deep in the outback.
Perfect for fans of historical fiction, this **656-page paperback** transports readers straight into the essence of Australia’s early settlers while highlighting the interplay of passion and survival in a raw, untamed landscape. Get your copy today and dive into this brilliant exploration of Australian history and identity, where once the ballad is sung, the ordinary transforms into the extraordinary.
**Delivery Information:** Your order will be dispatched within 2-5 business days using reliable shipping services to ensure it reaches you promptly.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781741661392
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2007
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
Pages: 656
Description:
Winner of the Miles Franklin Award.
Winner of the Miles Franklin Award.
In the early 1800s, out of the prison society of governors, redcoats, English gaolers, Irish convicts, and the few free settlers of Botany Bay, no one had ventured much farther inland than a few dozen miles from Sydney. Or so it was believed until the escape of Desmond Kale and the vengeance of his rival, the wildly eccentric parson magistrate Matthew Stanton.
The Ballad of Desmond Kale is a broad-sweeping novel of the first days of British settlement in Australia. At the centre is Stanton's pursuit of Kale - an Irish political prisoner and a rebelliously brilliant breeder of sheep. The alchemy of wool fascinates, threatens, and transforms when it is discovered that fine wool thrives in New South Wales as nowhere else in in the world, producing veritable gold on sheep's backs.
The Ballad of Desmond Kale is both a love story of unusual interest and an epic novel of greed, ambition, conceit, and redemption. The novel is rich in its characterisations and the rawness of its settings, vigour of language, and vividness of personality. The action moves from the early Australian bush to the halls of Westminster, the mills of Yorkshire, the sierras of Spain, the wilds of the Southern Ocean, and returns at last into the far outback for its finale.
Once the ballad is sung, ordinary experience is heightened, the world can never be the same again. A brilliant and inspired recreation of the early days of white Australian settlement by one of Australia's finest writers working at the height of his powers.