The Bounty by Caroline Alexander

The Bounty by Caroline Alexander

A revisionist history of the Mutiny on the Bounty with a different take, the author seeing it first and foremost as the breaking daily news of a trial that mesmerized a great seafaring nation. The narrative broadens to cover the events of the mutiny itself, Bligh's extraordinary 3000 mile voyage in a long-boat, Fletcher Christian's fate, the capture of the mutineers, their harsh voyage back to England and eventual fate. The book gives an immediate and vivid portrait of London and Plymouth during this period (1789-1793), when the popular press was in its infancy, revolution was in the air and poets gave words to national feeling.

'Extraordinary.. Caroline Alexander has produced a thrilling book of the most perilous journey of them all... Outstanding.' Daily Telegraph

Caroline Alexander was born in Florida, of British parents and has lived in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. She studied philosophy and theology at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and has a doctorate in classics from Columbia University. She is the author of the best-selling The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition which has been translated into thirteen languages. She writes frequently for The New Yorker and National Geographic, and she is the author of four other books, including Mrs Chippy's Last Expedition, the journal of the Endurance's ship's cat.

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ISBN 13	9780002572217
ISBN 10	0002572214
Title	The Bounty
Author	Caroline Alexander
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2003-10-06
Number of pages	512
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