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The Thorn Birds

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An edition of The Thorn Birds (1977)

The Thorn Birds

30th anniversary ed.; reprint

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.5 (10 ratings) ·
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In the rugged Australian Outback, three extraordinary generations of Cleary's live through joy and sadness, bitter defeat and magnificent triumph - driven by their dreams, sustained by remarkable strength of character...and torn by dark passions, violence and a scandalous family legacy of forbidden love.

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Virago
Language
English
Pages
573

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Subjects

Fiction, Romance, Clergy, Catholic Church, Catholics, Clergy in fiction, Catholics in fiction, Catholic Church in fiction, Australia, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, OverDrive, American Love stories, In library, Australian fiction, epic fiction, religious fiction, romantic fiction, love stories, Large type books, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, romance, historical, Catholic church, clergy, fiction, English fiction, Priests, American Romance fiction, Anglais (langue), Lectures et morceaux choisis, Roman américain, Chang pian xiao shuo, Clergy, fiction, Fiction, Families, Fiction, romance, historical, general", Readers, Romans, nouvelles, Clergé, Église catholique

People

Padraic Cleary, Fiona Cleary, the Clearys, Meggie Cleary, Ralph de Bricassart, Francis Cleary, Justine O'Neill, Mary Elizabeth Cleary Carson, Luke O'Neill, Dane O'Neill, Luddie Muller, Anne Mueller, Bob Cleary, Jack Cleary, Hughie Cleary, Stuart Cleary, Harold Cleary, James Cleary, Patrick Cleary, Rainer Moerling Hartheim, Vittorio di Contini-Verchese

Places

Australia, New Zealand, Rome, the Vatican, England, Greece, Drogheda, Outback, ao da li ya

Times

1915-1917, 1921-1969, xian dai

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Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
2013, Virago
Paperback in English - 30th anniversary ed.; reprint
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback in English - printing (1)
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback in English - printing (1)
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
2003-06, Perfectbound
Electronic resource in English - 25th Anniversary Edition
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
2002?, Paw Prints (Avon Books)
library binding in English - First Avon Books paperback printing (86)
Cover of: Poyuschie v ternovnike
Poyuschie v ternovnike
1999, AST
Hardcover
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
December 16, 1999, Longman
Paperback in English - New edition
Cover of: Les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir
Les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir
1986-09, Pierre Belfond
Paperback in French
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
1978-06, Avon
Mass Market Paperback in English - First Avon printing
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
1978-06, Avon
Mass Market Paperback in English - Twenty-fifth Avon printing
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
1977, Harper & Row
Hardcover in English - printing (4)

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Edition Notes

Originally published: London: Macdonald & Jane, 1977.

Published in
London
Copyright Date
2007

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914, A823.3
Library of Congress
PR9619.3.M32 T5 2007, PR9619.3.M32

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
x, 573 pages
Number of pages
573

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28420306M
Internet Archive
thornbirds0000mccu
ISBN 10
1844084477
ISBN 13
9781844084470
OCLC/WorldCat
85898296
Goodreads
58668488

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Work Description

The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda – a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland – the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969.

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On December 8th, 1915, Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday.
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