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'My name, then, is Barnaby Fletch. To the best of my knowledge I have no middle name and cannot say of whom I am the son, or of whom my father's father's father was the son. Alas, my origins are shrouded in mystery.
'Thirteen-year-old Barnaby Fletch is a bag-and-bones orphan in London in the late 1700s.
'Barnaby lives on his wits and ill-gotten gains, on streets seething with the press of the throng and shadowed by sinister figures. Life is a precarious business.
'When he hears of a paradise on the other side of the world - a place called Botany Bay - he decides to commit a crime and get himself transported to a new life, a better life.
'To succeed, he must survive the trials of Newgate Prison, the stinking hull of a prison ship and the unknown terrors of a journey across the world.
'And Botany Bay is far from the paradise Barnaby has imagined. When his past and present suddenly collide, he is soon fleeing for his life - once again.
'A riveting story of courage, hope and extraordinary adventure.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: To Kris, with memories of those quiet days in that vast room, in the beautiful stillness of winter...
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Reverence for Classic Tales
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 December 2014; (p. 34) The Age , 13 December 2014; (p. 34)
— Review of South of Darkness 2014 single work novel -
Crossing Over
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 366 2014; (p. 54)
— Review of South of Darkness 2014 single work novel -
Well Read
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 December 2014; (p. 27)
— Review of South of Darkness 2014 single work novel ; Laurinda 2014 single work novel -
Review : South of Darkness
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2014; (p. 40)
— Review of South of Darkness 2014 single work novel -
Why John Marsden Has Taken on the Grown Ups
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 November 2014; The Age , 8 November 2014; The Canberra Times , 8 November 2014;
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Dickensian Transports
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 November 2014; (p. 19)
— Review of South of Darkness 2014 single work novel -
Review : South of Darkness
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , November 2014; (p. 40)
— Review of South of Darkness 2014 single work novel -
Well Read
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 6 December 2014; (p. 27)
— Review of South of Darkness 2014 single work novel ; Laurinda 2014 single work novel -
Crossing Over
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 366 2014; (p. 54)
— Review of South of Darkness 2014 single work novel -
Reverence for Classic Tales
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 13-14 December 2014; (p. 34) The Age , 13 December 2014; (p. 34)
— Review of South of Darkness 2014 single work novel -
Marsden Outgrows Teen Book Market
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 October 2014; (p. 3) -
The Days After Tomorrow
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 18-19 October 2014; (p. 8-9) 'Teen fiction king John Marsden has written his first novel for adults. Rosemary Neill meets the outspoken author and school principal.' -
Bleak House
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 October 2014; (p. 18) 'The harsh reality of Australia's grim beginnings are fodder for the first adult novel by master storyteller John Marsden...' -
Why John Marsden Has Taken on the Grown Ups
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 November 2014; The Age , 8 November 2014; The Canberra Times , 8 November 2014;
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London,
cEngland,ccUnited Kingdom (UK),cWestern Europe, Europe,
- At sea,
- Botany Bay, Botany area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1790s