An edition of The Thorn Birds (1977)

The Thorn Birds

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An edition of The Thorn Birds (1977)

The Thorn Birds

[Book club ed.]

by and

  • ★★★ 3.44 ·
  • 9 Ratings
  • 135 Want to read
  • 14 Currently reading
  • 20 Have read

The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda – a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland – the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969.

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Harper & Row
Language
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560

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Subjects
Fiction, Clergy, Catholic Church, Catholics, Clergy in fiction, Catholics in fiction, Catholic Church in fiction, Australia in fiction, Man-woman relationships, Man-woman relationships in fiction, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, OverDrive, American Love stories, In library, Australian fiction, epic fiction, religious fiction, romantic fiction, love stories, Large type books, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, romance, historical, Australia, fiction, Catholic church, clergy, fiction, English fiction, Priests, American Romance fiction, Anglais (langue), Lectures et morceaux choisis, Roman américain, Chang pian xiao shuo, Clergy, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, religious, Fiction, romance, general, Families, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Readers, Epic fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Clergé, Église catholique, Religious fiction
People
Padraic Cleary, Fiona Cleary, the Clearys, Meggie Cleary, Ralph de Bricassart, Francis Cleary, Justine O'Neill, Mary Elizabeth Cleary Carson, Luke O'Neill, Dane O'Neill, Luddie Muller, Anne Mueller, Bob Cleary, Jack Cleary, Hughie Cleary, Stuart Cleary, Harold Cleary, James Cleary, Patrick Cleary, Rainer Moerling Hartheim, Vittorio di Contini-Verchese
Places
Australia, New Zealand, Rome, the Vatican, England, Greece, Drogheda, Outback, ao da li ya
Times
1915-1917, 1921-1969, xian dai

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The Thorn Birds
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Poyuschie v ternovnike
1999, AST
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Les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir
1986-09, Pierre Belfond
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1977, Harper & Row
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Copyright Date
1977

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Hardcover
Pagination
560 p. ;
Number of pages
560

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OL15463166M
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thornbirds0000unse
OCLC/WorldCat
779377473
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58672945

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On December 8th, 1915, Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday.
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