An action-packed fictional telling of the events on the HMS "Bounty." Fourteen-year-old John Jacob Turnstile has gotten into trouble with the police on one too many occasions and is on his way to prison when an offer is put to him - a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to set sail with an important mission. The boy who was expected to serve as the captain's personal valet has been injured and a replacement must be found immediately. The deal is struck and Turnstile finds himself onboard, meeting the captain, just as the ship sets sail. The ship is the HMS "Bounty," the captain is William Bligh, and their destination is Tahiti. Mutiny on the Bounty is the first novel to explore all the events relating to the Bounty's voyage, from their long journey across the ocean to their adventures on the island of Tahiti and the subsequent forty-eight-day expedition towards Timor. A vivid recreation of the famous mutiny, the story is packed with humour, violence, and historical detail, presenting a very different portrait of Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian than has been shown before.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Corgi Books Ltd.
ISBN: 9780552773928
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 544
Tiempo de lectura:
11h 17m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/01/2009
Año de edición: 2009
Plaza de edición: Reino Unido
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por John Boyne
John Boyne va néixer l’any 1971 a Dublín, Irlanda, on va estudiar Literatura Anglesa al Trinity College. La seva novel·la El noi del pijama de ratlles es va convertir ràpidament en un best-seller mundial: es va traduir a més de quaranta-cinc llengües, va vendre més de sis milions d’exemplars i va rebre multitud de premis, entre els quals, dues vegades, l’Irish Book Award. També va quedar finalista del prestigiós British Book Award i Miramax en va fer una pel·lícula. L’any 2007, la revista Qué Leer li va concedir el Premi dels Lectors i durant més d’un any va estar a totes les llistes de més venuts. A Empúries ha publicat també: Motí al Bounty (2008), La casa del propòsit especial (2009), L’aposta (2010), En Noah Barleywater fuig de casa (2011), El pacifista (2013), Aquesta casa està embruixada (2014), El noi de la casa de la muntanya (2016) i Les fúries invisibles del cor (2019).