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Hardback. Brian Penton, Angus & Robertson . Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Worn boards with marks. Faded and dull spine. Bumped and frayed corners. Binding fragile. Cracked hinges. Foxing on prelims. Clean text. A landmark of Australian historical fiction, Inheritors chronicles the brutal and unrelenting struggle of the Cabell family as they carve out a life on the Queensland frontier during the nineteenth century. Brian Penton's unflinching narrative presents the moral and psychological cost of colonization, tracing how ambition, greed, and violence corrupt successive generations who fight to claim and hold the land. Written with raw, unsentimental power, the novel argues that the founding of colonial Australia was not a heroic enterprise but a savage one, built on exploitation and moral compromise. Penton illustrates the tension between civilization and barbarism with vivid, often disturbing prose that refuses to romanticize the pioneer experience. A bold and provocative work, Inheritors stands as a defining critique of the Australian colonial myth and remains essential reading for those drawn to serious, unflinching historical literature. Hardback.…