Reader ì White Spirit ✓ Lance Morcan
Based on the remarkable true story of Irish convict John Graham WHITE SPIRIT is an epic historical adventure set in 19th Century Australia After escaping from the notorious Moreton Bay Penal Settlement Graham finds refuge with the Kabi a tribe of Aborigines who eventually accept him as one of their own Attempts to recapture Graham are orchestrated by a variety of contrasting characters working for the all pervasive British Empire They include Moreton Bay's tyrannical opium addicted commandant Lord Cheetham the dashing yet warlike Lieutena There has been so much praise over this book that there's nothing left to say other than it's a long story but definitely worth it
Lance Morcan ✓ White Spirit Text
White SpiritNt Hogan native tracker Barega and the penal settlement's captain Tom Marsden Marsden's young daughter Helen a progressive lady ahead of her time who is both an egalitarian and a feminist boldly inserts herself into the clash between the Irish convict her father and Moreton Bay's other iron fisted rulers Helen complicates things further when she finds herself in a Pride and Prejudice style love triangle with men on opposite sides of the conflictWhen Scottish woman Eliza Fraser is found shipwrecked and close to death in Kabi territory Grah White Spirit is an exceptionally well crafted novel that recreates the dramatic and dualistic world of opposites that typified the early years of colonial Australian settlement The authors also give us a taste of the sheer beauty and harshness of the Australian landscape The characters are very well crafted and reflect the opposing ways of life that permeated this time