Luke’s Kingdom by John Burke

Luke’s Kingdom

by John Burke

Fontana Books, 1975, ISBN 0006140327, paperback

Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, separation to text block at centre, creasing and tears to covers and spine (See photographs)

“In 1829, Australia was a hard and hostile country, a pioneer land of squatters and ex-convicts where the law had no power and only the strong would survive.
Lule Firbeck was one of the strong ones.  He learned to meet the brutality around him with violence of his own, to strike the first blow, to sweep his rivals from his path.  For Luke wanted more than survival – he was determined to carve a kingdom out of the untamed bush…”