Mutiny on the Bounty
Books | Fiction / Action & Adventure
3.9
Charles Nordhoff
James Norman Hall
Mutiny on the Bounty is an "astounding sea tale" (New York Times) that thrills readers young and old with its action-packed account of treachery and survival in the South Pacific. Cherished as one of the most thrilling sea adventures ever recorded, Mutiny on the Bounty has sold millions of copies and enthralled generations of readers around the world in the eight decades since its initial publication. The novel reprises a true story -- the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty in 1788-1789, which culminated in Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh -- and reaches peaks of narrative excitement that mark the book indelibly as a modern classic. The story of the Bounty continues in Men Against the Sea and Pitcairn's Island. "A superb achievement...Here is what the historical novel should be -- a bit of history brought to life in a book." --New York Times
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Author
Charles Nordhoff
Pages
400
Publisher
Little, Brown
Published Date
1989-04-11
ISBN
0316611689 9780316611688
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"Enchanting story. The whole trilogy is great "
Pepe Sandoval
"8/10"
Lil-Farrah
"I didn't actually know that this was a real event...I just knew it as a movie title. This book was much more interesting than I thought it would be, perhaps because I didn't know the whole story. I was never exactly sure where it was going and found myself pretty invested in it. I found the narrator hard to get a handle on though....someone who abandons his wife and daughter and never returns to them seemed so very odd to me."
John Detrick