The Burning Land

The description of the Ulysses butterfly is taken from Common and Waterhouse’s Butterflies of Australia.

  About John Fletcher

  John Fletcher is the author of three historical novels, published to both critical and popular acclaim. The author’s plays for radio and television have been produced by the BBC and the South African Broadcasting Corporation, and many of this author’s stories have been published in Australia and throughout the world.

  John Fletcher was educated in the UK and travelled and worked in France, Asia and Africa before emigrating to Australia in 1991. Home is now a house within sound of the sea in a small town on the South Australian coast.

  Also by John Fletcher

  A Far Country

  The Burning Land

  Claim the Kingdom

  First published by Random House Australia in 1997

  This edition published in 2013 by Momentum

  Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd

  1 Market Street, Sydney 2000

  Copyright © John Fletcher 1997

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  A CIP record for this book is available at the National Library of Australia

  The Burning Land

  EPUB format: 9781743342589

  Mobi format: 9781743342596

  Cover design by Bree Mateljan

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