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Robert Macklin - Castaway

Castaway by Robert Macklin

Castaway by Robert Macklin Source: Hachette Australia

SBS French is with Robert Macklin, the historian and author of Castaway. The book is about Narcisse Pelletier, the 14-year-old French seafarer, shipwrecked on Cape York and rescued by an Aboriginal community. He lived an idyllic life with them between 1858 and 1875. The book is published by Hachette Australia.



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