Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall
Belletristik / Historische Romane und Erzählungen
Beschreibung
Mutiny on the Bounty is novel based on the mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh, commanding officer of the HMS Bounty in 1789. It tells the story through a fictional first-person narrator by the name of Roger Byam, based on a crew member Peter Heywood. HMS Bounty was on a voyage to Tahiti for breadfruit plants and some of the crew members were complaining about Lieutenant William Bligh's harsh treatment. The mutiny broke out under the leadership of Fletcher Christian, master's mate on the ship. Mutineers set Bligh afloat in a small boat with members of the crew loyal to him. Byam, although not one of the mutineers, remained with the Bounty after the mutiny. Mutineers continued to sail on the Bounty, looking for a place build a colony, conflicting with natives.
Kundenbewertungen
Bounty ship chronicles, naval officer turmoil, fictional mutineer biography, nautical historical fiction, voyage narrative nonfiction, 18th century sea adventure, maritime leadership conflict, Pacific Ocean settlement, mutiny survivor story, Tahiti naval mutiny