Title English passengers / Matthew Kneale

Published London : Hamish Hamilton, 2000

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W'PONDS	820.914 K6820 A6/E		AVAILABLE

Description 462 pages ; 22 cm Summary Determinded to prove the literal truth of the Bible, the Reverend Geoffrey Wilson sets out from England, in the summer of 1857, to find the Garden of Eden, convinced it lies on the island of Tasmania Notes Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2000 Winner of the Whitbread best novel award Subject Literary prizes. Aboriginal Tasmanians -- Fiction. SUBJECT Tasmania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79115474 -- Antiquities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002344 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Tasmania -- History -- 1803-1900 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004483 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Genre/Form Historical fiction. Whitbread Book Awards Historical fiction LC no. 00002120 ISBN 0241140684 : 9780241141076 paperback

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