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English Passengers by Matthew Kneale
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
This novel tells two parallel stories: one of three eccentric Englishmen who set sail for Tasmania to find the garden of Eden; the other of a young Tasmanian aborigine and his tribe, struggling against the invading British, who prove as lethal in their good intentions as in their cruelty.
Pilgrims by Matthew Kneale
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A The Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year'An enthralling and wonderfully vivid novel from a master storyteller' Joseph O'Connor'Kneale's medieval world is animated with a refreshing lightness of touch' Sunday Telegraph1289. A rich farmer fears he'll go to hell for cheating his neighbours. His wife w ...Show more
Rome - A History in Seven Sackings by Matthew Kneale
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks | Reading Level: very good
Novelist and historian Matthew Kneale, a longtime resident of Rome, tells the story of the Eternal City-from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to Mussolini and the German occupation in World War Two-through pivotal moments that defined its history. Rome, the Eternal C ...Show more
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings by Matthew Kneale
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
"This magnificent love letter to Rome" (Stephen Greenblatt) tells the story of the Eternal City through pivotal moments that defined its history--from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to the German occupation in World War Two--"an erudite history that reads like a pag ...Show more
Small Crimes In An Age of Abundance by Matthew Kneale
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
From the bestselling author of English Passengers, cones a collection of stories
Small Crimes in an Age of Abundance by Matthew Kneale
$30.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
From the bestselling author of English Passengers, a collection of stories - funny, wise, audacious and exquisitely told - which, combined, build a powerful literary meditation on the world today. In his gripping new work, Matthew Kneale takes us on a journey around today's uncertain world. From England ...Show more
When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Nine-year-old Lawrence is the man in his family, watching protectively over his mother and his wilful little sister Jemima. When the three of them suddenly move to Rome it seems at first to be a great adventure: a long drive through the night to the city of popes and emperors. But as his mother's behavi ...Show more
When We Were Romans by Matthew Kneale
$32.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Lawrence is only a child, but he's the man in his family. His little sister is still too young to understand. When their mother, paranoid that the kids' father is stalking them, drives her young family through the night across the continent to Rome, what begins as an adventure ends in imprisonment and a ...Show more
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