The Thorn Birds

Colleen McCullough

Mar 2013 · Head of Zeus

About this ebook

In the rugged Australian Outback, three generations of Clearys live through joy and sadness, bitter defeat and magnificent triumph, driven by their dreams, sustained by remarkable strength of character... and torn by dark passions, violence and a scandalous family legacy of forbidden love.

The Thorn Birds is a poignant love story, a powerful epic of struggle and sacrifice, a celebration of individuality and spirit. Most of all, it is the story of the Clearys' only daughter, Meggie, who can never possess Ralph de Bricassart, the man she so desperately adores. Ralph will rise from parish priest to the inner circles of the Vatican... but his passion for Meggie will follow him all the days of his life.

Praise for The Thorn Birds:
'One of the biggest-selling, most widely read books in the history of fiction' Observer
'I simply could not put it down' Daily Mail

Ratings and reviews

bought this in the 80/90s after watching the move/series, but misplaced it, I read it many many times, highly recommend to anyone whose thinking of buying it, absolutely brilliant.

Saw video series and it was amazing

Fantastic book.

About the author

Colleen McCullough was born in New South Wales in 1937. A neuroscientist by training, she worked in hospitals in Australia, the UK and USA before writing her first novel. She lives with her husband on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific.