Governor Bligh and the Short Man: Penguin Specials

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Author: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 9780857971272
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: December 14, 2012
Imprint: e-penguin Language: English
Author: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780857971272
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: December 14, 2012
Imprint: e-penguin
Language: English

Some seventeen years after the mutiny on the Bounty, William Bligh sets sail for New South Wales as Governor-elect of the fledgling colony. He is accompanied by his daughter Mary, the narrator of this extraordinary shipboard tale. A cultured young Englishwoman, Mary is entirely unprepared for the voyage - the great emptiness of the ocean, the unfamiliar rituals, the terrifying storms, the bedazzling natural wonders. Most confronting of all is the bizarre quarrel between her father and the captain of the convoy, Joseph Short, a man whose sensitivities are almost a match for Bligh's and whose temper brings the voyagers to the brink of catastrophe.
Mary's ardent and witty journal takes us beyond the quarterdeck rivalries into the private world of the Blighs - their family and friends, and the tragedies and failings of a man embarking on his last great command.
Peter Cochrane is an award-winning historian whose accolades include the inaugural Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History. In Governor Bligh and the Short Man he proves himself to be as adept a writer of fiction as he is of history.
'His characterisation of Mary is perfect and full of drama.' Troy Lennon, Daily Telegraph
'Compelling' Liam Davison, Weekend Australian

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Some seventeen years after the mutiny on the Bounty, William Bligh sets sail for New South Wales as Governor-elect of the fledgling colony. He is accompanied by his daughter Mary, the narrator of this extraordinary shipboard tale. A cultured young Englishwoman, Mary is entirely unprepared for the voyage - the great emptiness of the ocean, the unfamiliar rituals, the terrifying storms, the bedazzling natural wonders. Most confronting of all is the bizarre quarrel between her father and the captain of the convoy, Joseph Short, a man whose sensitivities are almost a match for Bligh's and whose temper brings the voyagers to the brink of catastrophe.
Mary's ardent and witty journal takes us beyond the quarterdeck rivalries into the private world of the Blighs - their family and friends, and the tragedies and failings of a man embarking on his last great command.
Peter Cochrane is an award-winning historian whose accolades include the inaugural Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History. In Governor Bligh and the Short Man he proves himself to be as adept a writer of fiction as he is of history.
'His characterisation of Mary is perfect and full of drama.' Troy Lennon, Daily Telegraph
'Compelling' Liam Davison, Weekend Australian

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