Mutiny on the Bounty is the thrilling account of the strange, eventful, and tragic voyage of His Majesty's Ship Bounty in 1788-1789. This epic tale culminates in the infamous mutiny led by Fletcher Christian against the notorious Captain Bligh.
Experience the high seas adventure as a British crew rebels against their cruel commander in this classic tale of courage and betrayal. Set against the backdrop of the vast ocean, this story explores themes of power, justice, and survival.
Nunca a rendição foi tão doce. Numa noite quente de verão, a apenas algumas horas do seu casamento, a discreta Lady Jessica Sheffield testemunhou uma cena da qual nunca irá recuperar. Vê o jovem Alistair Caufield numa cena fiercely íntima com uma mulher muito mais velha. Chocada, mas estranhamente excitada, ela manteve silêncio sobre o que viu, e caminhou até ao altar como esperado. Mas, ao longo de anos de um casamento sereno e normal, a imagem de Caulfield continuou na sua imaginação, alimentando sonhos muito ilícitos...
Alistair fugiu da tentação da debutante recatada com o fogo da paixão nos olhos para as Índias Ocidentais. Enquanto comerciante bem-sucedido, tem pouco em comum com o jovem libertino que ela conhecia. Mas quando, sete anos depois, a recém-viúva Jessica sobe a bordo do seu navio para uma viagem até à Jamaica, os sete anos de prazeres negados são mantidos em xeque apenas por algumas camadas de seda... e pela certeza de que renderem-se irá consumir os dois...
The story of the Bounty will be told as long as men sail the sea. The storytelling genius of the authors finds here a canvas filled with color, action, and adventure. Readers will realize, as did the authors, that so large a drama could not be confined to the compass of an ordinary book.
Nordoff and Hall chose to tell the story of the Bounty in three acts:
In The Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy, these three books have been united in a single volume to form the complete work that the authors had in mind.
Two people, each with a secret which could end in death; her by his hand, he in an English prison. One knows the truth, one will find out. When they meet, it will be an explosive seventeenth century, high seas, action adventure, intrigue, and romance.
Patience Douglas was to be the most shy, demur, fragile, docile creature on the face of the earth. In short, everything Patty MacDouglas (Captain Flame) was not. She would dress in the most feminine and frilly dresses, with her hair left long, and she would even use a breathless coy tone of voice to further separate the two personalities...
Terrance Bordeaux was a disappointment to his family, a fop in the truest sense of the word. Traveling at a whim, dressing in whatever the latest fashion and spending his father's wealth without concern, quite unlike the businesslike Terror of the Seas. Fate put the two together; however, could either trust enough to allow the other to see their true self?