About this book

During the early 18th century, passengers on a ship to Australia include a parson whom the crew choses as a scapegoat.

To the Ends of the Earth · 3 books

In publication order
  1. 1 Rites of Passage 1980 This book
  2. 2 Close Quarters
  3. 3 Fire Down Below
All 3 in order

Subjects

  • australia, fiction
  • award:man_booker_prize=1980
  • british and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • emigration and immigration
  • england -- history -- 19th century -- fiction
  • english sea stories
  • fiction
  • fiction, biographical
  • fiction, historical
  • fiction in english
  • fiction in spanish
  • fiction, sea stories
  • historical fiction
  • history
  • immigrants
  • immigrants -- australia -- fiction
  • large type books
  • man booker prize winner
  • napoleanic wars, 1800-1815
  • napoleonic wars, 1800-1815
  • nobility
  • nobility -- fiction
  • ocean trael
  • ocean trael -- fiction
  • ocean travel
  • sea stories, english
  • voyages and travels(fictitious character)
  • voyages and travels(fictitious character) -- fiction