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The Resource The power game, Meg and Tom Keneally

The power game, Meg and Tom Keneally

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The power game
Title
The power game
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Meg and Tom Keneally
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eng
Summary
Monsarrat and Mrs Mulrooney are sent to Maria Island in January of 1826, the very early days of the penal settlement there, to solve the murder of Harefield who sailed the government cutter between mainland Tasmania and Maria Island bringing all supplies and correspondence and directives, all of which he makes sure he reads. Knowledge is currency. One of Harefield's other responsibilities is to light the primitive lighthouse to keep the whaling boats out to sea safe. During a storm Harefield is shaken from a ladder whilst igniting the light and falls. He is then attacked with an axe and falls over the cliff edge to his death. All blame is laid at the feet of Thomas Power, the charismatic Irish revolutionary held in detention, with a lot of privileges, on Maria Island. But did he do it? The outsiders, Monsarrat and Mrs Mulrooney are brought in to de-escalate gossip and surmise. Power has continued to smuggle his writings out to the British press throughout his internment and the government does not want him gaining further attention. But did the no-doubt trouble-making, charismatic, educated and charming Power sink to the low of murder to prevent the unscrupulous Harefield from blackmailing him? Or were there others who had reason to want Harefield shut up?
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Keneally, Meg
Dewey number
  • A823.4
  • 823.92
Index
no index present
Literary form
novels
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1935-
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Keneally, Thomas
Series statement
The Monsarrat series
Series volume
Book three
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  • Monsarrat, Hugh
  • Murder
  • Maria Island (Tas.)
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The power game, Meg and Tom Keneally
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Includes bibliographical references
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volume
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000061571356
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
317 pages
Isbn
9780857989420
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
Label
The power game, Meg and Tom Keneally
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000061571356
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
317 pages
Isbn
9780857989420
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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