Mutiny on the Bounty, Hardcover
Descriere
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY is the thrilling account of the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty in 1788-1789, which culminated in Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh.- Like many great works of literature, the novels in the Bounty trilogy appeal to readers both young and old.- Perennial bestsellers. Since their initial publication in the 1930s, the Bounty novels have sold many millions of copies.- The appetite for nautical adventure stories is at an all-time high--as evidenced, for example, by the success of Back Bay's recent repackaging of C. S. Forester's Hornblower novels.
Despre autor
Charles Bernard Nordhoff a fost un romancier și călător american, născut în Anglia. Nordhoff este probabil cel mai cunoscut pentru The Bounty Trilogy, trei romane istorice pe care le-a scris împreună cu James Norman Hall: Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), Men Against the Sea (1934) și Pitcairn's Island (1934).
