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ALEXANDER, CAROLINE The Bounty - The True Story of the Mutiny on the BountyNew York, Viking. 2003, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers pale green boards with gilt lettering to dark green spine. Dustwrapper: unclipped, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions. 491pp. including index and double page spread map of Voyage of the Bounty's Launch, plus 32pp b/w photographs and 8pp colour photographs. Pages clean, and bright in tight binding. In this book the author gives us the definitive and surprising account of the most infamous episodes in the history of seagoing voyages. The facts of the mutiny itself are told in Admiralty records, but for the truth behind the story, the author has ranged further, gleaning details from the wills, diaries and correspondence of figures not obviously connected to the event, from obscure news items and from the biographies and family pedigrees of seemingly minor players. She casts a radical new light on the events, on Bligh's character and on a welter of family connections and special interests that play crucial roles at different moments in the story. Fine/Fine.
Offered for AUD 30.00 = appr. US$ 23.91 by: Eccleston Books & Curios - Book number: 001815
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