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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 Eagle on the Hill
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

It is the 1880s, and the paddle steamers are all that keeps the tiny communities of the Murray River together. Charlie Armstrong is master of the paddle steamer Brenda. George Grenville is the powerful owner of the wine estate Eagle on the Hill. A broken promise and a stolen horse are the beginnings of a lifelong feud, and when hostility spills over into violence, there are consequences for all who live along the Murray. Then Charlie's daughter Alex saves George's grandson Martin from drowning and the two become close friends. But can their relationship survive the enmity between their families? Eagle on the Hill is an epic story of passion, warmth and courage, as enduring as the great Murray itself. (Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • Epigraph: In the Dreamtime the great river was created by the giant cod Ponde, who carved out the river's course while trying to escape from the hunter Ngerunderi.- Aboriginal myth.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2006 .
      Extent: 500p.
      Description: illus., maps
      Note/s:
      • On cover: A sweeping novel of rivalry and a mighty river...
      ISBN: 073228418X, 9780732284183

Works about this Work

This Week's Selections Carolyne Jasinski , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 August 2006; (p. 12)

— Review of Eagle on the Hill Maggie Shannon , 2006 single work novel
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 July 2006; (p. 8)

— Review of Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel ; Eagle on the Hill Maggie Shannon , 2006 single work novel
Other Voices Tony Maniaty , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 July 2006; (p. 8)

— Review of Vale Byron Bay Wayne Grogan , 2006 single work novel ; Eagle on the Hill Maggie Shannon , 2006 single work novel
This Week's Selections Carolyne Jasinski , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 August 2006; (p. 12)

— Review of Eagle on the Hill Maggie Shannon , 2006 single work novel
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