Pt. I. A life of freedom -- pt. II. A life transported -- pt. III. The hermit in Van Diemen's Land
Summary
Delve into the many lives of Henry Savery, Australia's first novelist, described by Tom Keneally as 'a man whose own story is as picaresque as anything inside the covers of the novel'. Born to fortune but spurned by fate, a single act of folly launches young Henry into an extraordinary spiral of calamity