Her account of the voyage, the trial, and the surprising fates of Bligh, Christian, and the mutineers is an epic of ambition, passion, pride, and duty at the dawn of the Romantic era. Mutiny on the Bounty is inscribed by Charles Nordhoff to fellow author John Moody on title page. The novel reprises a true story - the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majestys Ship Bounty in 1788-1789, which culminated in Fletcher Christians. But the sailors on the ship are angry men. Ultimately, Alexander concludes that the Bounty mutiny was sparked by that most unpredictable, combustible, and human of situationsthe chemistry between strong personalities living in close quarters. It is night in the south seas near Tahiti, and the ship HMS Bounty has begun the long voyage home to England.
And as Alexander shows, it was in a desperate fight to escape hanging that one of the accused defendants deliberately spun the mutiny into the myth we know todayof the tyrannical Lieutenant Bligh of the Bounty. As the book unfolds, each figure emerges as a full-blown character caught up in a drama that may well end on the gallows. Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds Peter FitzSimons 243 Kindle Edition 1 offer from 11.99 Men Against the Sea Charles Nordhoff 122 Kindle Edition 1 offer from 1.99 Pitcairns Island Charles Nordhoff 128 Kindle Edition 1 offer from 1. This fresh perspective wonderfully revivifies the entire saga, and the salty, colorful language of the captured men themselves conjures the events of that April morning in 1789, when Christian's breakdown impelled every man on a fateful course: Bligh and his loyalists on the historic open boat voyage that revealed him to be one of history's great navigators Christian on his restless exile and the captured mutineers toward their day in court. Mutiny on the Bounty is an astounding sea tale (New York Times) that thrills readers. In giving the Bounty mutiny its historical due, Caroline Alexander has chosen to frame her narrative by focusing on the court-martial of the ten mutineers who were captured in Tahiti and brought to justice in England. Bounty John BarrowMar 31st, 2003 In Stock Ships within one business day From the Publisher. Buy a cheap copy of Mutiny on the Bounty book by James Norman Hall. Why the details of this obscure adventure at the end of the world remain vivid and enthralling is as intriguing as the truth behind the legend.
More than two centuries have passed since Master's Mate Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lieutenant Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty.
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