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Sara Dane
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Narrated by:
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Helen Keeley
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By:
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Catherine Gaskin
About this listen
The international best-selling rags-to-riches saga of a convict woman's ambition and courage in colonial Australia. A gripping pause-resister - more than two million copies sold worldwide.
Sara Dane is an 18th-century young Englishwoman, unjustly sentenced and transported to the penal colony of Australia. Follow Sara's struggle to raise herself from the status of a convict to a position of wealth and power.
Sara faces many challenges, from the savage voyage aboard a convict ship to the corruption and prejudice rife in New South Wales. Life in the colony is harsh, and Sara has to contend with natural disasters and convict outbreaks, as well as the snobbery of the high society she wishes to enter.
Sara's life is also influenced in often surprising ways by the men who love her, childhood sweetheart Richard Barwell, ship's officer-turned-landowner Andrew Maclay, Frenchman Louis de Bourget, and the Irish political prisoner Jeremy Hogan.
A compelling historical novel full of adventure, romance, rivalries, tragedies, and triumphs, also broadcast as a popular TV mini-series and radio series.
©2022 The Estate of Catherine Gaskin (P)2022 Wyndham Media LtdCritic Reviews
"A grand story." (Yorkshire Evening Post)
"[A] fine sweep of urgent vitality." (The Times)
"A magnificent piece of evocative writing." (Glasgow Herald)
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- Anonymous User
- 25-08-2022
Beautiful early history I loved it
So many of our early woman could have been the same as Sarah
I love it that the true characters are mentioned
The only irritation is the occasional mispronounced town or river names and I feel for some reason Saharan woul have had a stronger less girly voice
But that’s nit picking it’s a very worthwhile story I love it
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- Anna
- 08-10-2022
Great read! Very enjoyable!
Tale presented in a very interesting form. Lots of happenings, never boring. I could have listened to it for another 10hrs.
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- TinaL
- 08-05-2023
A story of old Australia
Superbly read by narrator. A wonderful story repeating convict Australian and early European settlement. Sara Dane was a very strong woman.
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- Rae
- 27-04-2024
History made interesting
very descriptive writing. Could easily picture the country and events as they were described. An enjoyable read
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- Anonymous User
- 02-07-2024
A Fantastic Historical Novel!!
I absolutely loved this book! I read it years ago & listening to it now did not disappoint! it is hard to put down.
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