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Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The captain of the HMS Bounty, William Bligh, was a competent seaman, but a harsh disciplinarian. This prompts his crew to mutiny, setting him adrift in the South Pacific. The crew returns to the tropical paradise of Tahiti, while Bligh survives an astounding journey back to England. This novel is based on the incredible true story.
2) The Bounty
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A remake of the story that claims to expose "the truth behind the legend" of the Bounty mutiny. In doing so it provides a stirring and dramatic portrait of the delicately balanced friendship between Christian and Bligh.
3) Rogue nation
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Historian Michael Cathcart tells the epic story of how the colourful characters of early colonial Australia transformed a penal settlement into a land with rights and opportunity in a mere 40 years. This sweeping two-part dramatised documentary covers formative events in Australia's history, including the Rum Rebellion and early court cases, which established independence and civil rights for all settlers. Rogue Nation explores how a fledgling colony...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
William Bligh is best known as the cause of the mutiny on the Bounty . He was also the victim of two other mutinies. Yet when he died he was a vice-admiral of the British navy. How was that possible? If ever a person learned to profit from adversity, it was William Bligh.
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