Passage to mutiny - Hardcover

Kent, Alexander

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ISBN 10: 0091263301 ISBN 13: 9780091263300

Publisher: Hutchinson, 1976

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October 1789, New South Wales. The frigate Tempest sails into Sydney. She has been sent to police the new southern trade routes. Her captain is Richard Bolitho, who hopes to be ordered home to England, rather than dispatched to the treacherous South Sea. For he is menaced by deeper fears: the men of the Bounty have mutinied in these same waters...

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Pirates and savage South Sea Islanders are nothing compared to the greatest of all threats.

October 1789, New South Wales: Into Sydney, capital of Britain's infant colony, sails the frigate Tempest. She is one of His Majesty's ships employed in policing the new southern trade routes. Her captain is Richard Bolitho, who hopes to be ordered home to England. Instead he is despatched on a mission to the islands of the Great South Sea, where he must face hazards of fickle winds, pirates and savage islanders. But he is menaced by deeper fears; the men of the Bounty have mutinied in these same waters; and from distant Europe comes news of a revolution in France…

About the Author:

Alexander Kent, pen name of Douglas Edward Reeman, joined the British Navy at 16, serving on destroyers and small craft during World War II, and eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant. He has taught navigation to yachtsmen and has served as a script adviser for television and films. His books have been translated into nearly two dozen languages.

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