The bestselling Australian novel of all time, THORN BIRDS is the sweeping saga of three generations of the Cleary family. Stoic matriarch Fee, her devoted husband, Paddy, and their headstrong daughter, Meggie, experience joy, sadness and magnificent triumph in the cruel Australian outback. With life's unpredictability, it is love that is their unifying thread, but it is a love shadowed by the anguish of forbidden passions. For Meggie loves Father Ralph de Bricassart, a man who wields enormous power within the Catholic ...
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The bestselling Australian novel of all time, THORN BIRDS is the sweeping saga of three generations of the Cleary family. Stoic matriarch Fee, her devoted husband, Paddy, and their headstrong daughter, Meggie, experience joy, sadness and magnificent triumph in the cruel Australian outback. With life's unpredictability, it is love that is their unifying thread, but it is a love shadowed by the anguish of forbidden passions. For Meggie loves Father Ralph de Bricassart, a man who wields enormous power within the Catholic Church...As powerful, moving and unforgettable as when it originally appeared, THE THORN BIRDS remains a novel to be read ...and read again. 'A heart-rending epic ...truly marvellous' Chicago Tribune 'A perfect read ...The kind of book the word "blockbuster" was made for' Boston Globe 'Beautiful ...compelling entertainment' New York Times
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. pp 530. Original publishers blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. ISBN: 0354042319 Neat name on front endpaper, otherwise very good in slightly creased, price-clipped, very good dust jacket.
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Poor in Poor jacket. Jacket is worn, chipped and creased. edge wear and knocking on boards. tanning and marks. scarring on both book and jacket. ownership inscription. loose binding and visible netting. mainly a reading copy. [S. K]
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Fair in Fair jacket. Jacket is worn and chipped. edge wear and knocking on boards. foxing and markings. several inscriptions. tape residue. loose binding and visible netting. fair copy. [SK]
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Great story but very disappointed with the copy I received as it clearly displayed that the book would come with the cover and it didn't.
Hisham
Jul 2, 2009
A classic!
This book deserves to be archived as one of the best works in the century! Any reader should have a copy as a collection. The saga itself may be true itself...
MariaUmar
Jul 5, 2007
Thumbs Up, Hats Off
Truly a remarkable novel. Its the basic Priest's path to God. Does he give up the love of a woman for the love of divinity and is there really a difference? In the end he chooses the woman, thus falling from the pedestal he placed himself on, and in being humbled, is closer to God