Series: Historical Trilogy

After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children in tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. But among the convicts, there is a whisper that freedom...

Daniel Rooke, soldier and astronomer, was always an outsider. As a young lieutenant of marines, he arrives in New South Wales on the First Fleet in 1788 and sees his chance. He sets up his observatory away from the main camp and begins the scientific work that he hopes will make him famous. Aboriginal people soon start to visit his...