Mutiny on the bounty / Peter FitzSimons.
Publication details: Sydney, N.S.W. : Hachette Australia, 2018.Description: xli, 613 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, colour portraits ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780733634116
- Mutiny on the bounty : a saga of survival, sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny
- Bligh, William, 1754-1817
- Christian, Fletcher, 1764-1793
- Bligh, William, 1754-1817
- Christian, Fletcher, 1764-1793
- Bligh, William, 1754-1817
- Christian, Fletcher, 1764-1793
- Bounty (Ship)
- Bounty (Ship)
- Bounty (Ship)
- Bounty Mutiny (1789)
- 1789
- History
- Survival at sea -- Pacific Ocean -- History -- 18th century
- Survival -- History
- Bounty Mutiny, 1789
- Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- History
- Pitcairn Islands -- Pitcairn Island
- Pitcairn Island (Pitcairn Islands) -- History
- Australian
- 996.18 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 996.18 FIT | Available | 068847 |
National Library of Australia's NL copy signed by the author, 2 December 2018. ANL
Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-603) and index.
In the beginning -- On their way -- On the horn of a dilemma -- Land ho! -- Paradise found -- The mood turns mutinous -- Mutiny on the Bounty -- Adrift on the high seas -- 'All around the rugged rocks, the ragged rascal ran...' -- Hard times, changing climes -- Return to the promised land -- Batavia bound -- What shall we do with the drunken sailors? -- Pitcairn -- Opening Pandora's box -- Trails and tribulations -- Before the court of the people -- Pitcairn - a reckoning of accounts.
The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave. Under the leadership of Fletcher Christian most of the crew mutinied soon after sailing from Tahiti, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal crewmen adrift in a small open boat. In one of history's great feats of seamanship, Bligh navigated this tiny vessel for 3618 nautical miles to Timor. Fletcher Christian and the mutineers sailed back to Tahiti, where most remained and were later tried for mutiny. But Christian, along with eight fellow mutineers and some Tahitian men and women, sailed off into the unknown, eventually discovering the isolated Pitcairn Island - at the time not even marked on British maps - and settling there. This astonishing story is historical adventure at its very best, encompassing the mutiny, Bligh's monumental achievement in navigating to safety, and Fletcher Christian and the mutineers' own epic journey from the sensual paradise of Tahiti to the outpost of Pitcairn Island. The mutineers' descendants live on Pitcairn to this day, amid swirling stories and rumours of past sexual transgressions and present-day repercussions. Mutiny on the Bounty is a sprawling, dramatic tale of intrigue, bravery and sheer boldness, told with the accuracy of historical detail and total command of story that are Peter FitzSimons' trademarks.
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