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Mutiny on the Bounty
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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Publisher's 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 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 3,618 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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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-2023
SURPRISE SURPRISE I DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING
First up I must give Mutiny On The Bounty a well deserved 5/5. I purchased this as a Daily Deal some 12 months ago thinking well I might get to it one day. I was quite surprised when I got into it. What a great book, it has kept me intrigued from start to finish. Mutiny on The Bounty is more than a historical account. It’s also a great story well worth reading/Listening. Guaranteed not to disappoint. There are many other books ( Bourke & Wills, Mathew Flinders) which I am now keen to read. A nice change from Sci Fi….
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- Dylan George
- 27-12-2022
Excellent retelling of a historic event
Ever got a boss that pushed you too hard? Check out this book to see what happened on the bounty when an excellent seadog lacked the personal skills to gain the respect of his workers.
Very enjoyable and a great experience. Had some slow bits but once some of the characters settled in then it just got better and better. Makes me want to go check out a few of the places mentioned in the book
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- T James
- 26-05-2019
Just awesome
I don’t have time to go into it but just do yourself a favour and buy this book.
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- Peter
- 11-09-2019
A real tour de force
There are many books about the Bounty mutiny - it's an almost incredible story. But FitzSimons has produced a page-turner that is irresistible. I was caught from the first page. FitzSimons may be denigrated by some professional historians for his 'creative restorations' from limited or non-existent source material, but for sheer verve and psychological penetration he has few equals. The use of the present historic tense can be madly irritating, but FitzSimons employment of it (as in his other books) is masterly.
And in Carman he has the perfect narrator. Carman obviously delights in the stylistic tricks of FitzSimons' narrative and does them full justice. His slight Australian twang is perfectly suited to the material. This is a long audiobook but I can say that it gripped my attention for every one of its 22 hours. It's just as good as the author's ' 'Batavia', and that's saying something.
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- nicholas Joosten
- 30-12-2020
fascinating and hard to put down
fascinating story that has a so many more elements to it. I read and listened to it after the James Cook book and it was a great "sequel"
only complaint is that the chapter numbers for audio book and hardcopy don't match.
Nic
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- Chris Eaton
- 07-07-2021
An excellent feat of research wonderfully read
The immensely popular story telling majesty of Peter FitzSimons is well established. In taking on the Bounty, he is at the peak of his craft. There are innumerable prior books on the subject, and this book benefits from to bring together coherent and compelling whole. The reader is most certainly one of the best in my experience, whose excellence nearly matches that of the book itself. This is a book for any reader, general or of specific interest. It doesn’t put all the remaining Bounty mysteries to be, but it does neatly corner them into only plausible options. Bravo Peter F. A great book!
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- Jaidee
- 07-04-2021
Amazing story
Read this when it was first released. The audiobook is great, but it’s the story itself that is incredible, truth stranger than fiction indeed.
The Mutiny is just the start as it’s what happens afterwards that is most interesting, bizarre and incredible.
Highly entertaining, wonderfully narrated and a highly recommended story.
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- Anna Chemin
- 15-04-2021
An old story made fresh and new
This was another excellent listening experience. The story, with evident scholarly research, is fascinating. The character of Bligh just blisters off the "page." (I kept hearing and seeing Anthony Hopkins as I listened). I enjoyed the narration, too, and would have awarded 5 stars to the narrator, except for several annoying mispronunciations, primarily of Tahitian/Polynesian words (eg, wahine, Tané). I recommend this audiobook to all those who enjoy historical drama and tales of the sea.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-05-2020
easy listening great narrator
well constructed course of events , incredible details pieced together which draws you in to feel part of the journey
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- Anonymous User
- 10-07-2019
Fantistic story told in Peter's trademark style
Aftet a recent visit to Norfolk Island (spectacular destination) and getting a chance to talk to a couple of current Pitcairners and hear the locals conversing in Norflk this book really bought the history to life.
Highly recommended.
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