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| Author | Kate Grenville |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical |
| Published | 2008 (The Text Publishing Company Grove Press
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| Publication place | Australia |
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| Pages | 307 (Grove paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-8021-4503-1 (Grove) |
| Preceded by | The Secret River |
| Followed by | Sarah Thornhill |
The Lieutenant is a historical novel by Kate Grenville, published in 2008. The novel loosely follows historical facts based on the experiences of William Dawes, an officer of the Royal Marines who was on the 1788 First Fleet from England to the New South Wales colony. His position was astronomer, though he took an opportunity to observe and record the language of the Australian Aboriginal people (Eora) of the immediate area. It is implied that the events of the book connect to Grenville's other novel, The Secret River.