The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline Alexander (Viking, Hardcover)

From Caroline Alexander, author of the bestselling The Endurance, comes a fresh account of history's most famous mutiny. In 1789, Master's Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh aboard the armed transport Bounty, and over the following two centuries legend largely buried the facts. Drawing on Admiralty papers, Bligh's logs, letters, diaries and court-martial records, Alexander reconstructs the voyage, the crew's time on Tahiti, the mutiny itself and the trials that followed, showing how two powerful families worked to save one man from the gallows and another from disgrace, shaping the version of events we know today. A gripping story of duty, pride and reputation at sea. 491 pages, with plates including colour illustrations and maps.

Condition: Hardcover with dust jacket. Used, in like-new condition.