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Slow water

Based on a true story the year is 1836. English clergyman William Yate sets sail from London, bound for the mission field of New Zealand. Caught up in a mesmerising love affair that will test the imagination of everyone on board the Prince Regent he is utterly transformed. Against the riveting backdrop of a four month sea voyage, the story of Yate unfolds, drawing together the inarticulate hopes of the cabin passengers, the immigrant families of steerage and the raw men and boys of the crew. On landfall at Sydney, camaraderie gives way to treachery and the tight world of the ship breaks apart. Everyone is implicated in the scandal that grips the colonial town, yet it is Yate alone who stands to lose not only his reputation but also his life.

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