Mutiny on the Bounty
A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds
$36.89
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2018
Summary
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 Fletch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733641237 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733641237 |
| Author: | Peter FitzSimons |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 840g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 154mm x 50mm |
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Critics Review
‘FitzSimons manages to bring the oft-told story about Captain William Bligh, Fletcher Christian and the Bounty mutiny to life again for contemporary readers.’ - The Australian
‘rollicking good fun and difficult to put down’ - Sydney Morning HeraldAbout The Author
Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons is Australia’s bestselling non-fiction writer, and for the past 30 years has also been a journalist and columnist with the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD and the SUN-HERALD.
He is the author of a number of highly successful books, including BURKE AND WILLS, MONASH’S MASTERPIECE, KOKODA, NED KELLY and GALLIPOLI, as well as biographies of such notable Australians as Sir Douglas Mawson, Nancy Wake and Nick Farr-Jones. His passion is to tell Australian stories, our own stories: of great men and women, of stirring events in our history.
Peter grew up on a farm north of Sydney, went to boarding school in Sydney and attended Sydney University. An ex-Wallaby, he also lived for several years in rural France and Italy, playing rugby for regional clubs. He and his wife Lisa Wilkinson - journalist, magazine editor and television presenter - have three children; they live in Sydney.
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