The Streets of San Francisco
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Dec 31, 2007 · 5,446 ratings616 reviews. As a boy, Daniel Rooke was always an outsider. At school, he learned to hide his clever thoughts from his cruel peers; at home, his parents were bemused by their bookish son. Daniel could only hope - against all the evidence - that he would one day find his place in life.
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Sep 8, 2009 · Inspired by the notebooks of astronomer William Dawes, The Lieutenant is a remarkable story about the poignancy and emotional power of a friendship that defies linguistic and cultural barriers, and shows one ordinary man that he is capable of exceptional courage.
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Sep 25, 2009 · “The Lieutenant” is less a story of colonial struggle and encounter than “The Secret River,” and more the richly imagined portrait of a deeply introspective, and quite remarkable, man.
Mar 21, 2022 · The Lieutenant follows the story of Daniel Rooke, a highly intelligent young man with a passion for astronomy, who has always struggled to fit in with those around him. Set in the late eighteenth century, the book feels both rooted in its time, yet also strangely contemporary.
Sep 1, 2009 · THE LIEUTENANT. by Kate Grenville ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 2009. An involving, affecting novel that should have been even better. bookshelf. shop now. Veteran Australian author Grenville ( The Secret River, 2006, etc.) poignantly depicts a man of science forced into a world shaped by action.
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In this beautifully written and delightful novel, Grenville seamlessly weaves historical fact together with a multitude of philosophical questions in order to create a vivid and compelling story (Eileen P). The book explores the huge themes of friendship, the conflict between cultures, and courage.
The Lieutenant is a historical novel by Kate Grenville, published in 2008. The novel loosely follows historical facts based on the experiences of William Dawes, an officer of the Royal Marines who was on the 1788 First Fleet from England to the New South Wales colony.
