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Wrack
Author: James Bradley
Shipwrecks and lost loves, the Mercator projection and sand dunes, 20th-century passions and the age of exploration: this ambitious first novel by James Bradley crosses continents and centuries to explore the notion that Australia may have been discovered by the Portuguese. — David is an Australian archaeologist combing sand dunes that he thinks ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780965002714
ISBN-10: 0965002713
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: 340
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Publisher: Henry Holt
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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Interesting Book!! A good blend of Recent and age of exploration history. Fiction based on facts.
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This debut novel won two Australian literary awards. The plot twists around a murder mystery, romance, history and myth. An archaeologist searching sand dunes for an ancient Portuguese ship discovers the body of a soldier from the 1940's. A local hermit, near death, seems to know more than he's willing to tell about the identify of the dead soldier and the ship's whereabouts. David, and his ex-girlfriend move in to the hermit's shack to care for the dying man with the hope he will share some valuable information about the missing, ancient ship. 16th century Spanish-Portuguese history, mapmaking, a war-time romance turned mystery, and archaeology makes this a somewhat complex story.


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