Sonnenfeuer. Der grosse Australienroman.

Synopsis of Sonnenfeuer. Der grosse Australienroman.

«Sonnenfeuer. Der grosse Australienroman» is the historical novel by Patricia Shaw, published by Lübbe in paperback (651 pages, in German).

Set in colonial Queensland around 1850, the novel follows the encounter and conflict between British settlers, Aboriginal people and gold prospectors, during the gold rush and expansion into the outback. It is a historical saga with female protagonists that interweaves cultures, women and adventure in 19th-century Australia.

German edition of 1995, translated by Heide Horn; the original work, River of the Sun, is from 1992.

For readers of historical fiction and family sagas set in the Australian colonial period.