In Bligh's Hand

by Jennifer Gall
In Bligh's Hand
Author: Jennifer Gall
Publisher: National Library Australia
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0642277052
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After the mutiny on the Bounty on 28 April 1789, led by Fletcher Christian, Captain William Bligh and 18 others were forced onto a 7-metre-long open boat and cast adrift. It was the beginning of a 47-day, 6700-kilometre journey from Tofua (a volcanic island in the Tonga group) to Timor. On this amazing voyage of survival, Bligh wrote daily entries in a small water-stained notebook and a selection of facsimile pages from this notebook is the foundation of In Bligh's Hand: Surviving the Mutiny on the Bounty. All but one of the men survived to reach Timor. In Bligh's Hand gives readers an insight into the character of William Bligh, the man who saved his men's lives through his iron will and stubborn adherence to a relentless regime of rationing and navigational calculations that kept the launch on course.

Bligh

by Anne Salmond
Bligh
Author: Anne Salmond
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Total Pages: 714
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1742287816
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In Bligh, the story of the most notorious of all Pacific explorers is told through a new lens as a significant episode in the history of the world, not simply of the West. Award-winning anthropologist Anne Salmond recounts the triumphs and disasters of William Bligh's life and career in a riveting narrative that for the first time portrays the Pacific islanders as key players. From 1777, Salmond charts Bligh's three Pacific voyages – with Captain James Cook in the Resolution, on board the Bounty, and as commander of the Providence. Salmond offers new insights into the mutiny aboard the Bounty – and on Bligh's extraordinary 3000-mile journey across the Pacific in a small boat – through new revelations from unguarded letters between him and his wife Betsy. We learn of their passionate relationship, and her unstinting loyalty throughout the trials of his turbulent career and his fight to clear his name. This beautifully told story reveals Bligh as an important ethnographer, adding to the paradoxical legacy of the famed seaman. For the first time, we hear how Bligh and his men were changed by their experiences in the South Seas, and how in turn they changed that island world forever. 'Remarkable . . . The mutiny has inspired some marvellous books, of which this is possibly the finest.' --Jim Eagles, New Zealand Herald

Forgive Me Not

by Samantha Tonge
Forgive Me Not
Author: Samantha Tonge
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2023-09-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1667205404
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How far would you go to make amends? When Emma returns home after a battle with addiction, she will have to figure that out. When Emma left her home at Foxglove Farm, she’d let down and hurt those who cared for her most. Now, two years later, she’s ready to face up to her past. But her return causes more problems than she could have foreseen. The people she knew and loved aren’t ready to forget, let alone forgive. And the one person she wants to reconnect with the most—her mother—can’t remember who she is. Just as Emma starts to rebuild trust, a family secret is revealed and a shocking past crime threaten her newly forged future. This extraordinary novel is perfect for readers of Ruth Hogan and Amanda Prowse.

Chessie Bligh and the Scroll of Andelthor

by Thora Gabriel
Chessie Bligh and the Scroll of Andelthor
Author: Thora Gabriel
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2006-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0595390455
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Chessie Bligh is unaware of who she is or what power she possesses. She is fourteen and lives with her greedy parents who farm her out to a string of nannies and private academies for her upbringing parents who are so busy with their corporate management concerns they have little time for their daughter. Her only solace in life is her ShihTzu Wuggbert. He gives her unconditional love.

Bligh!

by Sam McKinney
Bligh!
Author: Sam McKinney
Publisher: TouchWood Editions
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780920663646
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The special focus of this book, unlike others about Bligh, is that it is taken from the actual log of Captain Bligh, as well as from the logs of his boatswain, the surgeon aboard the Pandora, who searched for the missing mutineers, and the captain of the Blossom, who found them.

Mutiny on the Bounty

by Peter FitzSimons
Mutiny on the Bounty
Author: Peter FitzSimons
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2018-10-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 0733634125
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The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave. Under the leadership of Fletcher Christian most of the crew mutinied soon after sailing from Tahiti, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal crewmen adrift in a small open boat. In one of history's great feats of seamanship, Bligh navigated this tiny vessel for 3618 nautical miles to Timor. Fletcher Christian and the mutineers sailed back to Tahiti, where most remained and were later tried for mutiny. But Christian, along with eight fellow mutineers and some Tahitian men and women, sailed off into the unknown, eventually discovering the isolated Pitcairn Island - at the time not even marked on British maps - and settling there. This astonishing story is historical adventure at its very best, encompassing the mutiny, Bligh's monumental achievement in navigating to safety, and Fletcher Christian and the mutineers' own epic journey from the sensual paradise of Tahiti to the outpost of Pitcairn Island. The mutineers' descendants live on Pitcairn to this day, amid swirling stories and rumours of past sexual transgressions and present-day repercussions. Mutiny on the Bounty is a sprawling, dramatic tale of intrigue, bravery and sheer boldness, told with the accuracy of historical detail and total command of story that are Peter FitzSimons' trademarks.

The Bounty

by Caroline Alexander
The Bounty
Author: Caroline Alexander
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2004-05-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780142004692
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Has history been wrong for 200 years? Read the startling truth about the mutiny on the Bounty, its characters, causes, and aftermath. Television rights are now in development with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions. 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.

Point Bligh Ð Trilogy

by Clifford Bishop ACS
Point Bligh Ð Trilogy
Author: Clifford Bishop ACS
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2017-09-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387246003
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A girl who was born in a light house discovers that she can do strange and powerful things. She grows to become a thriving businesswoman, philanthropist, and inventor who knows nothing of love, friendship, or family. She learns that she is part of a spiritual family; a society that has learned that though this physical world may be a useful place to live, physicality is still an illusion. They have learned that the only truth is love. The question is: What do you love?