The Bounty
The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 25, 2004
Has history been wrong for 200 years?
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- Who it’s for
- Straightforward history with the pull of a famous naval mutiny, told accessibly.
- Genres
- Maritime History & Piracy, 18th-Century History, Naval History
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, May 25, 2004
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Has history been wrong for 200 years? Read the startling truth about the mutiny on the Bounty, its characters, causes, and aftermath. Television rights are now in development with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions. More than two centuries after Master’s Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend.
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Combining vivid characterization and deft storytelling, Caroline Alexander shatters the centuries-old myths surrounding this story. She brilliantly shows how, in a desperate attempt to save one man from the gallows and another from ignominy, two powerful families came together and began to create the version of history we know today. The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty is an epic of duty and heroism, pride and power, and the assassination of a brave man’s honor at the dawn of the Romantic age.
Maritime History
Straightforward history with the pull of a famous naval mutiny, told accessibly.
Come here for
- clear historical explanation
- maritime tension, without fuss
Expect
- Georgian-era context
- a sustained, readable narrative
Where it sits
| Maritime History & Piracy | 82% |
|---|---|
| Naval History | 30% |
| 18th-Century History | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- British History
- Naval History
- Maritime History & Piracy
- Authors
- Caroline Alexander, Nicholas Boulton, Penguin Audio
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- May 25, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- British History