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The lieutenant : a novel

Shortlisted for the NSW, QLD and WA Premiers' Literary Awards, The Lieutenant is the profoundly moving tale of a young soldier's arrival in Australia on the First Fleet and the extraordinary friendship he develops with the local Aboriginal people. Daniel Rooke, soldier and astronomer, arrives in NSW in 1788. He sets up his observatory away from the main camp to begin the scientific work that he hopes will make him famous. Aboriginal people soon start to visit his isolated promontory, and a child named Tagaran begins to teach him her language. A genuine friendship forms, and Rooke has almost forgotten he is a soldier when a man is fatally wounded in the fledgling colony. The lieutenant faces a decision that will define the course of his entire life. In this profoundly moving novel Kate Grenville returns to the landscape of her much-loved bestseller The Secret River. Inspired by the notebooks of William Dawes, The Lieutenant is a compelling story about friendship and self-discovery by a writer at the peak of her powers. 'The Lieutenant ... has a potency and beauty that lingers in both the heart and mind's eye ... an Australian novel that visits a part of Australian black-white history and finds a true heart of goodness there.' Sunday Telegraph.

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  • "Shortlisted for the NSW, QLD and WA Premiers' Literary Awards, The Lieutenant is the profoundly moving tale of a young soldier's arrival in Australia on the First Fleet and the extraordinary friendship he develops with the local Aboriginal people. Daniel Rooke, soldier and astronomer, arrives in NSW in 1788. He sets up his observatory away from the main camp to begin the scientific work that he hopes will make him famous. Aboriginal people soon start to visit his isolated promontory, and a child named Tagaran begins to teach him her language. A genuine friendship forms, and Rooke has almost forgotten he is a soldier when a man is fatally wounded in the fledgling colony. The lieutenant faces a decision that will define the course of his entire life. In this profoundly moving novel Kate Grenville returns to the landscape of her much-loved bestseller The Secret River. Inspired by the notebooks of William Dawes, The Lieutenant is a compelling story about friendship and self-discovery by a writer at the peak of her powers. 'The Lieutenant ... has a potency and beauty that lingers in both the heart and mind's eye ... an Australian novel that visits a part of Australian black-white history and finds a true heart of goodness there.' Sunday Telegraph."@en
  • "Ein packender Roman über die Besiedelung Australiens Daniel Rooke ist ein stiller Junge. Früh entdeckt er seine Leidenschaften, die Welt der Zahlen und den Sternenhimmel. Als vielversprechender junger Astronom und Leutnant begleitet er die erste britische Expedition nach New South Wales in Australien. Die neue Heimat präsentiert sich unwirtlich und feindselig. Rooke gelingt es, sich militärischen Pflichten mit dem Hinweis auf die Wissenschaft zu entziehen. Bis seine Freundschaft zu dem Aborigine-Mädchen Tagaran ihn zwingt, Stellung zu beziehen zwischen Altem und Neuem, zwischen den Errungenschaften der Zivilisation und vermeintlicher Wildheit. Kraftvoll, mitreissend und mit grossem Feingefühl beschreibt die preisgekrönte Autorin Kate Grenville den Zusammenprall zweier Welten."
  • "In 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke officer and astronomer sets sale from Porstmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts destined for New South Wales. As the newcomers struggle to establish a settlement, Rooke comes to know the aboriginal people and forges a remarkable connection with one child which will change his life in ways he never imagined. Based on real events."@en
  • "In 1788, Lieutenant Daniel Rooke sails into Sydney Cove with the First Fleet, hoping to advance his career. Instead, his life is unimaginably changed. As a young officer and a man of science, the eccentric Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange new land. As the newcomers struggle to establish a settlement for themselves and their cargo of convicts, Rooke sets up his observatory to chart the stars. A young Aboriginal girl visits and begins to teach him her language. As they learn to speak together, they build a rapport that bridges the gap between their dangerously different worlds. Then Rooke is given a command that forces him to choose between his duty as a soldier and the friendship that's become so precious to him."@en
  • "In 1787, Thomas Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth, along with a cargo of convicts, bound for New South Wales. A quiet man with a penchant for science, Rooke eagerly anticipates the natural wonders he might discover in Australia. He will indeed find more than he could have hoped."
  • "A bookish child, Daniel Rooke grows up to become Lieutenant Rooke, astronomer with the First Fleet as it lands on the unknown shores of New South Wales. As the newcomers struggle to establish a settlement for themselves and their cargo of convicts, and attempts are made to communicate with those who already inhabit this land, Rooke sets up his observatory to chart the stars. But the place where they have landed will prove far more revelatory than the night sky."@en
  • "Als jongen is Daniel Rooke al een buitenbeentje. Op school probeert hij zijn intelligentie en passie voor wiskunde en astronomie te verbergen voor zijn wrede klasgenoten. Door financil︠e hulp van een mecenas kan hij studeren en officier worden bij de Britse vloot. In 1787 verlaat de vloot Groot - Brittanni ︠en zet koers naar Australi ︠met aan boord de eerste ladingen gevangenen die de nieuwe kolonie moeten gaan bevolken. Daar aangekomen slaat Rooke op een afgelegen plek zijn kamp op en bouwt een eenvoudig observatorium. Enkele Aboriginals komen een kijkje nemen en met een van hen, het meisje Tagaran, sluit hij vriendschap. Maar daar komt een einde aan als Rooke een bevel krijgt dat zijn leven voor altijd zal veranderen."
  • "In late eighteenth-century New South Wales, misfit Daniel Rooke hopes to find his place in life when he joins the military, constructs an observatory, and forges a relationship with an Aborigine girl."
  • "In late eighteenth-century New South Wales, misfit Daniel Rooke hopes to find his place in life when he joins the military, constructs an observatory, and forges a relationship with an Aborigine girl."@en
  • "In 1788, Lieutenant Daniel Rooke sails into Sydney Cove with the First Fleet, hoping to advance his career. Instead, his life is unimaginably changed. As a young officer and a man of science, the eccentric Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange new land. As the newcomers struggle to establish a settlement for themselves and their cargo of convicts, Rooke sets up his observatory to chart the stars. A young Aboriginal girl visits and begins to teach him her language. As they learn to speak together, they build a rapport that bridges the gap between their dangerously different worlds. Then Rooke is given a command that forces him to choose between his duty as a soldier and the friendship that's become so precious to him. The Lieutenant charts a unique moment when one world engaged with another, leaving both changed forever."@en
  • "Shortlisted for the NSW, QLD and WA Premiers' Literary Awards, The Lieutenant is the profoundly moving tale of a young soldier's arrival in Australia on the First Fleet and the extraordinary friendship he develops with the local Aboriginal people. Daniel Rooke, soldier and astronomer, arrives in NSW in 1788. He sets up his observatory away from the main camp to begin the scientific work that he hopes will make him famous. Aboriginal people soon start to visit his isolated promontory, and a child named Tagaran begins to teach him her language. A genuine friendship forms, and Rooke has almost forgotten he is a soldier when a man is fatally wounded in the fledgling colony. The lieutenant faces a decision that will define the course of his entire life. In this profoundly moving novel Kate Grenville returns to the landscape of her much-loved bestseller The Secret River. Inspired by the notebooks of William Dawes, The Lieutenant is a compelling story about friendship and self-discovery by a writer at the peak of her powers. 'The Lieutenant...has a potency and beauty that lingers in both the heart and mind's eye...an Australian novel that visits a part of Australian black-white history and finds a true heart of goodness there.' Sunday Telegraph."
  • "An Englishman works on the first ship transporting prisoners to Australia, and starts a new life once they arrive in the new land."@en
  • "In 1787 Lieutenant Thomas Rooke sets sail from Portsmouth with the First Fleet and its cargo of convicts, destined for New South Wales. As a young officer and a man of science, the shy and quiet Rooke is full of anticipation about the natural wonders he might discover in this strange land on the other side of the world. After the fleet arrives in Port Jackson, Rooke sets up camp on a rocky and isolated point, and starts his work of astronomy and navigation. It's not too long before some of the Aboriginal people who live around the harbour pay him a visit. One of them, a girl named Tarunga, starts to teach him her own language. But her lessons and their friendship are interrupted when Rooke is given an order that will change his life forever. Inspired by the 1790 notebooks of William Dawes in which he recorded his conversations with a young Gadigal woman, The Lieutenant is a story about a man discovering his true self in extraordinary circumstances."@en
  • "Aust'n. Large Print. 'Shortlisted for the NSW, QLD and WA Premiers Literary Awards, The Lieutenant is the profoundly moving tale of a young soldier's arrival in Australia on the First Fleet and the extraordinary friendship he develops with the local Aboriginal people. Daniel Rooke, soldier and astronomer, arrives in NSW in 1788. He sets up his observatory away from the main camp to begin the scientific work that he hopes will make him famous. Aboriginal people soon start to visit his isolated promontory, and a child named Tagaran begins to teach him her language. A genuine friendship forms, and Rooke has almost forgotten he is a soldier when a man is fatally wounded in the fledgling colony. The lieutenant faces a decision that will define the course of his entire life. In this profoundly moving novel Kate Grenville returns to the landscape of her much-loved bestseller The Secret River. Inspired by the notebooks of William Dawes, The Lieutenant is a compelling story about friendship and self-discovery by a writer at the peak'."

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Roman australien"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Indigenous focus. This resource may contain the names, voices and faces of people who are now deceased which may cause distress to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander viewers or readers. Please take care when distributing this material"@en

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  • "The lieutenant : a novel"@en
  • "The lieutenant : a novel"
  • "Der Sternenleser Roman"
  • "Le lieutenant"
  • "Het verre paradijs"
  • "Der Sternenleser : Roman"
  • "Der sternenleser : roman"
  • "The Lieutenant"
  • "The Lieutenant"@en
  • "The lieutenant"@en
  • "The lieutenant"
  • "O anthypoloxagos : mnthiotorhma"
  • "Ο [alpha]νθυ[pi]ολοχ[alpha][gamma]οσ : μνθιοτόρημ[alpha]"

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