The Secret River
First edition | |
| Author | Kate Grenville |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | Text Publishing, Australia |
Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | hardback |
| Pages | 334 |
| ISBN | 1-920885-75-7 |
| OCLC | 70061296 |
| 823/.914 22 | |
| LC Class | PR9619.3.G73 S53 2005 |
| Preceded by | The Idea of Perfection |
| Followed by | Searching for The Secret River |
The Secret River is a 2005 historical novel by Kate Grenville about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story explores what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aboriginal people. The book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2006, and has been compared to Thomas Keneally's The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and to Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang for its style and historical theme.