Paradise in Chains
The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia
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Paradise in Chains
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Narrated by:
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Davina Porter
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By:
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Diana Preston
About this listen
Celebrated historian Diana Preston presents betrayals, escapes, and survival at sea in her account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the flight of convicts from the Australian penal colony.
The story of the mutiny of the Bounty and William Bligh and his men's survival on the open ocean for 48 days and 3,618 miles has become the stuff of legend. But few realize that Bligh's escape across the seas was not the only open-boat journey in that era of British exploration and colonization. Indeed, nine convicts from the Australian penal colony, led by Mary Bryant, also traveled 3,250 miles across the open ocean and some uncharted seas to land at the same port Bligh had reached only months before.
In this meticulously researched dual narrative of survival, acclaimed historian Diana Preston provides the background and context to explain the thrilling open-boat voyages each party survived and the Pacific Island nations each encountered on their journey to safety. Through this deep dive, listeners come to understand the Pacific Islands as they were and as they were perceived, and how these seemingly utopian lands became a place where mutineers, convicts, and eventually the natives themselves, were chained.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Jackson Dean
- 21-05-2020
Fantastic Australian history
Great book, really well narrated and is an excellent history of all early Mariners concerned with Tahiti and the discovery/colonisation of Australia.
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- Robyn
- 04-03-2018
Great story
This is a great story, and well read, except for some truly terrible mis-pronounciations of several names by the narrator.
Please let Davina Porter know that she needs to check the proper way to say:
Nepean - n-pea-an. Not n-peen
Macquarie: mak-wah-re. Not mak-wair-re
These are just 2 of the most annoying mis-pronounciations.
Apart from that, it was great.
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