Robbery Under Arms

Step into the dusty, lawless world of 19th-century colonial Australia with Richard 'Dick' Marston, a man recounting his life story from the cold confines of a jail cell, awaiting the hangman's noose. Led astray from a young age by his cattle-duffing father and the charismatic, enigmatic bushranger Captain Starlight, Dick and his brother Jim plunge headfirst into a life of daring robberies, thrilling escapes, and constant flight from the long arm of the law. From the sun-baked plains where stolen herds roam to the chaotic, gold-fevered camps of fictitious Turon, Boldrewood paints a vivid, first-hand portrait of Australia's notorious bushranging era and the intoxicating, dangerous allure of the gold rush.