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Title: The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline Alexander, Michael York ISBN: 0-14-280029-5 Publisher: Penguin Audiobooks Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (38 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Deeply Rewarding Meditation
Comment: of the infamous Bounty Mutiny that eschews the ususal Hollywoodization of the drama (Fletcher Christian, handsome, romantic, agonized/Capt.(actually Lieut.)Bligh, cruel, dictatorial, insensitive. This book offers a reconsideration of the character of Bligh, especially placing it in the contemporary setting of 18th century naval life. It finds that the answer to why this mutiny happened must be assumed to lie within the psychology of Fletcher Christian, rather than any supposed shipboard tyranny of Bligh. The latter was, she points out, a student of Cook, and thus sparing of the lash as well as takiing pains to see that his crew was nourished, clean and well-exercised so that fatalities on the long voyage were minimized. Those who take their image of Bligh from Charles Laughton or Anthony Hopkins, might be amazed to learn that Bligh was all of 35 years old at the time of the voyage.
Along with her delineation of Bligh, the book offers a fascinating and probing portrait of Peter Heyward, a Bounty midshipman who somehow did not enter Bligh's launch and yet, through family connections, managed to get a King's pardon from his mutiny conviction.
Overall, this book offers a sober, grown-up examination of one of the most dramatic, romantic and still enigmatic episodes in British naval history. It would seem to be impossible to write a dull book about the Mutiny, and Caroline Alexander has written one of the best considerations of this endlessly fascinating event.
Rating: 2
Summary: bligh should flog this book
Comment: Being a fan of the story of the mutiny on the Bounty, I was overjoyed that a book about the subject had come out. Little did I know, Caroline Alexander would tell the story as well as the actual voyage turned out- a disaster.
The book is plodding, slow, and incredibly tangental. Little time is spent on the actual mutiny or mutineer's motivations, instead focusing on the political ramifications of the peripheral characters. Pages upon pages are spent on the background of the family members of the mutineers, the mutineer's attorneys, and presiding judges of the court martial.
Even the description of what happened to Fletcher Christian and the mutineers on Pitcairn island is barely explained, and is often confusing. While trying to be objective, the author fails to speculate or theorize on some of the more interesting areas of the mutiny, principally, the real motivation of Fletcher Christian. The author's need to site actual passages from the court martial transcript, while well intentioned, goes awry. She fails to tone down or explain the confusing flowery language used by the 18th century sailors.
If you want to read a good book on the subject, read Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian by Richard Hough.
Rating: 5
Summary: A stirring sea adventure
Comment: For anyone who has ever had spray in their hair or wind in their face this is a must read. The Bounty and her crew will live forever as one of the great sea stories.
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Title: Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen ISBN: 0066211735 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 by Nathaniel Philbrick ISBN: 067003231X Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 10 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Krakatoa : The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester ISBN: 0066212855 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Endurance : Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander ISBN: 0375404031 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 03 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Benjamin Franklin : An American Life by Walter Isaacson ISBN: 0684807610 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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