Bright Planet - Mews Peter - 2004

Pages are wavy at start of book from exposure to water. Multiple copies of this title available. Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. Pages are reasonably tanned. In 1841, it is deemed by the elite of a London club that an expedition should set off for Australia, so that 'the country be opened up, mapped and the rich lands found to know the unknown' - but primarily to prevent the French from getting there first. A year later the Bright Planet arrives in Bareheep, and then the trouble really begins for Elijah Blood, the ship's captain, who is literally sick with love Quiet Giles, the company's botanist, worrying about his wife far away and the temptations of the flesh nearby and Edwin Robins, who absconds from the ship's party (with much of the passengers' jewellery) to create mayhem of his own. As the ship travels up river into the heart of the continent, mortality meets the hapless crew, repeatedly. Quantity Available: 2. Category: Fiction; Historical; ISBN: 0330364588. ISBN/EAN: 9780330364584. Inventory No: 09110282. By: Mews Peter Year: 2004 Visit our website to view thousands more products like this and order online at: