by Nancy Cato · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782856163801
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«L'Australienne» is the romantic and historical novel by Nancy Cato, published by Presses de la Renaissance in paperback (549 pages, in French).
Philadelphia Gordon, a young Englishwoman, is orphaned after a shipwreck off the coast of Victoria (Australia) in 1890. She lives in Echuca, on the Murray River, and invests her inheritance in the steamer PS Philadelphia. Upon meeting Captain Brenton Edwards, she is torn between river life and Melbourne society, where she shines as a painter, in a story of love and adventure.
The novel was originally published in English as All the Rivers Run. This French edition is translated from the English by Brice Martineossat.
For those who enjoy family sagas and historical romance set in Australia.
Nancy Fotheringham Cato was an Australian writer who published more than twenty historical novels, biographies and volumes of poetry. Cato is also known for her work campaigning on environmental and conservation issues.
