"823" . "The Thorn Birds"@en . "2886288" . "The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Colleen McCullough, an Australian author. Set primarily on Drogheda\u2014a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland\u2014the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969. In 1983, the novel was adapted into a television miniseries that, during its run 27\u201330 March, became the United States' second highest-rated miniseries of all time behind Roots."@en . "PR9619.3.M32 T5 1977" . . "0-06-012956-5" . . . . "692"^^ .