description: More than two centuries after Master's Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend. Combining vivid characterization and deft storytelling, Caroline Alexander shatters the centuries-old myths surrounding this story. She brilliantly shows how, in a desperate attempt to save one man from the gallows and another from ignominy, two powerful families came together and began to create the version of history we know today. The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty is an epic of duty and heroism, pride and power, and the assassination of a brave man's honor at the dawn of the Romantic age.
language: English
title: Bounty - True Story Of The Mutiny On The Bounty by Caroline Alexander
titlecomplete: Bounty - True Story Of The Mutiny On The Bounty by Caroline Alexander (2003-05-03)
genres: Adventure, British Literature, Historical, History, Travel, Maritime, Survival, World History, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 4839
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Viking Penguin