They crossed the oceans and continents and loved with a passion as spirited, beautiful and bold as the new Australian frontier they found...Susannah King was the daughter of the English governor of the Australian colony. Nicolas Baudin was a French explorer. They found each other in a new land and forged a pure, passionate, perfect-and tragic-love affair. Amid the turbulence and wonder of the emerging Australian nation, unfolds this towering story of a woman who found a magnificent love, a love that would tantalize all of her days and nights and shape not only her own life but the destiny of a nation... 'A breathtaking novel, one of those page-turners you cannot resist until the final word is read'-Columbus Dispatch * 'An Australian family saga as unforgettable as The Thorn Birds'-Book of the Month Club News. from the back cover
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