Captain Bligh The Man and His Mutinies Author:Gavin Kennedy 'The background causes and aftermath of the 1789 mutiny on the Bounty make compulsive reading; a shattering tale that highlights the hellish conditions of life in the 18th century Royal Navy. A vast amount of meticulous research has come to rest in these pages, a true summation of the current state of Bligh scholarship. — This collection of s... more »hipwreck narratives, drawn from all ages and climes, is intended to salute not merely the acts of fortitude and incredible endurance to be found there, but many ingenious shifts and improvisations by which hardships were overcome.« less