Sarah Murgatroyd (1967–2002)
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Sobre El Autor
Obras de Sarah Murgatroyd
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Murgatroyd, Sarah
- Nombre legal
- Murgatroyd, Sarah Louise
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1967-09-23
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2002-03-26
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- West End, Surrey, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Sussex, England, UK
Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia - Educación
- University of Warwick
Cardiff University - Ocupaciones
- journalist
writer
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Miembros
- 255
- Popularidad
- #89,877
- Valoración
- 4.2
- Reseñas
- 6
- ISBNs
- 23
- Idiomas
- 1
- Favorito
- 1
The book tells the story of the Burke and Wills expedition, which aimed to cross the Australian desert and fill in the wide, blank spaces on the map. Burke is portrayed as supremely bungling, which taints the successful completion of his goal, as does the fact he managed to kill both himself and eight other men.
The book really succeeds on Murgatroyd's talent as a writer. It's an interesting story with a huge cast of characters and she manages to make them all memorable and easy to tell apart. For someone who knows little about Australia's history, I found this book pretty fascinating.
My only quibble is I would have loved to hear more about the Aborigines, who kept the only survivor of the desert crossing alive.… (más)