Thompson Doug - The Approaching Tide - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: After serving a prison sentence for bigamy and cashiered from the army Will Crosby quits England for life as a sergeant in the Queensland constabulary hoping to regain lost self - esteem and the forgiveness of his wronged wife Alice. A typhus epidemic on board ship puts his plans in jeopardy as the vessel and its occupants must spend an indefinite time at the ill - prepared quarantine station on Stradbroke Island. The new unpredictable relationships Will establishes especially with Thomas a lapsed Irish Catholic priest and Billy a newly orphaned six - year old together with his experiences and responsibilities on Stradbroke project his life in hitherto unimagined directions. The total absence of any Authority on the island forces Will (the future policeman) and Thomas (the ex - priest) into trying to maintain civilised order in desperate circumstances. However they encounter much hostility for almost all the emigrants are fleeing authoritarian harshness in England and Ireland for one reason or another. Crime and violence are rife and despite their own anti - authoritarian sympathies the two friends have no option but to apply whatever justice they can to protect the community. Will's view of the world is eventually radically changed through his encounter with Tompani an Aborigine elder and his people.
Title: The Approaching Tide
Author(s): Thompson Doug
Publisher: Troubador Publishing
Barcode: 9781800462120
Pages: 632 Pages
Publication Date: 6/28/2021
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction