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(0)James Norman Hall
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The war is just beginning and France has not yet surrendered to the Germans. A French vessel picks up five semi-conscious men in a canoe. All ex-convicts, they have escaped from Devil's Island to do their bit for France. The tensions aboard the Marseille-bound ship slowly build to a shattering clash of wills between the men and the ship's Nazi sympathizer.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In 1789, the English ship H.M.S. Bounty begins a two-year mission. The ship travels to Tahiti to obtain breadfruit plants that will provide cheap food for slaves in the West Indies, the Bounty's final destination. The captain is William Bligh, a vicious taskmaster who doesn't flinch at giving two dozen lashes to any malcontent on board, for the most minor of infractions. The first mate is Lt. Fletcher Christian, who despises Bligh but has somehow...
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
'Mutiny on the bounty' gives an unforgettable picture of the British navy at the time of Nelson; it describes the historical voyage, the mutiny which Captain Bligh brought upon himself in the south seas, and the days of idyllic happiness which followed for those of the crew who returned to stay at Tahiti before they were captured and brought back to England to stand trial as mutineers.
'Men against the sea' is the story of the nineteen loyal men...
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