by Thomas Keneally · Sceptre · tapa dura · ISBN 9780340610954
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«Bettany's Book» is Thomas Keneally's historical novel, published by Sceptre in hardcover (598 pages, in English).
Prim, an aid worker in Sudan, and her sister Dimp, a film producer in Australia, discover ancestral documents that reveal the life of John Bettany, a pioneer in 1840s Australia, and of Sarah Bernard, a convict at the Female Factory. Through letters and diaries, both sisters find echoes of their own destiny.
First edition, published on November 2, 2000 in London.
For readers of historical fiction and literary narrative interested in Australian history and novels with two timelines.
Thomas Michael Keneally is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. The book would later be adapted into Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
