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Adventure of the Broad Arrow : An Australian Romance.
London
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Hutchinson
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1897
Z1385603
1897
single work
novel
adventure
Gold prospectors in Western Australia are rescued by a tribe of descendants of escaped convicts from Sydney.
London
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Hutchinson
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1908
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Long Odds : A Novel
1868-1869
Z1117962
1868-1869
single work
novel
Bob Calverly, Australian nephew of Squire Valentine Yoricks, is visiting England when he falls in love with Kate French, niece of Saville whom she loves. As the story opens Cyril secretly marries his landlady's daughter, Carry Manton - just as his brother's death in a steeplechase makes him heir to his father's estate. The machinations of Rupert Dacre enmesh both Cyril and Bob on the paths of ruin - one through denying his marriage and the other through gambling debts and money-lenders ... Enlivened by the portraits of poet/grocer Binns and literary man/reporter Bland, heroes of the humble working man's sphere and mediocrity ... (PB)
London
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Hutchinson
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1909
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