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The Thorn Birds

by Colleen McCullough, Colleen McCullough · September 1998

Cover of The Thorn Birds
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The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda – a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland – the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969.

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