Kaum ein Vorfall in der Geschichte der Seefahrt hat eine solche Berühmtheit erlangt wie die legendäre Meuterei auf der Bounty. Caroline Alexander schildert akribisch und mitreißend das Geschehen und die Hintergründe, sie korrigiert die gängige Lesart und lässt den Ereignissen und Personen zum ersten Mal historische Gerechtigkeit widerfahren.
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.
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The BountyShip's CompanyAuthor's NotePreludePandoraBountyVoyage OutTahitiMutinyReturnPortsmouthCourt-MartialDefenseSentenceJudgmentLatitude 25° S, Longitude 130° WHome Is The SailorA Note on SourcesSelect BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex
