The Thorn Birds

With an introduction by Maeve Binchy, this is the thirtieth anniversary edition of the popular romantic novel set in Australia. It has sold over 2 million copies in the UK alone, and has often been compared to "Gone With The Wind". 'I simply could not put it down. If it hadn't been wrenched from me at mealtimes, I'd have starved' "Daily Mail"

Colleen McCullough was born in Wellington, New South Wales, working in hospitals in Sydney and London before moving to the Yale University Medical School to train as a nurse. There she wrote the phenomenal bestseller, The Thorn Birds.

DAILY MAIL 'One of the biggest-selling, most widely read books in the history of fiction' OBSERVER 'A true epic... It's easy to see why this stunning tale has been called the Australian Gone With The Wind' DAILY TELEGRAPH *'Excellent'