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From ships boy to viceadmiral, discover how much more there was to captain blight than his captain and mentor, cook. Rob mundle the eighteenth century was an era when brave mariners took their ships beyond the horizon in search of an unknown world. A biography of the royal navy officer from a master of the. A biography of the royal navy officer from a master of the maritime narrative the sydney morning h. Two new books set out to revise these cliches, focusing on different episodes in his career upon which his reputation for tyranny has been constructed. Sydney morning herald mundles bligh is a meticulously researched biography that benefits from its authors seafaring experience and ability to write with bracing vitality of the trials faced during the age of exploration. Theres a lot more to captain bligh than mutiny, rum and convicts. Read bligh master mariner by rob mundle available from rakuten kobo. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Meet a 24yearold master bligh as he witnesses the demise of his captain and mentor cook. He has an attractive, patrick obrianlike sense of high adventure on the high seas, matched by a technical knowledge of.
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