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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.
- Sales Rank: #1702690 in Books
- Published on: 2009
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.76" h x 1.34" w x 5.04" l, 1.10 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 544 pages
From Publishers Weekly
Boyne (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas) revisits William Bligh's doomed expedition in this adequate seafaring historical. Captain's servant John Jacob Turnstile, a 14-year-old orphan and thief, avoids a prison sentence by accepting a position aboard Bligh's ship, the Bounty. The ship's mission to Tahiti is tumultuous, and once the ship reaches its destination, some crew members become enamored of the island women. On the return voyage, they stage a mutiny and turn the ship around, forcing Bligh and the sailors loyal to him onto a small boat with minimal provisions. Boyne's take on the story capitalizes less on the tension among the warring factions, focusing more heavily on Turnstile's coming-of-age, while Bligh wavers between an abrasive task master and a health nut with a sensitive side. The novel succeeds as a historical adventure, but it doesn't add much to the already bulging bulk of Bounty books. (Feb.)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up—This riveting account set in 1789 is narrated by 14-year-old John Jacob Turnstile, Captain Bligh's fictitious servant. Arrested as a pickpocket, he is offered a choice of jail or ship duty. As Turnstile adjusts to life aboard ship, he develops respect and admiration for his master. The later infamous William Bligh is portrayed as a shrewd navigator and devoted husband and father whose moodiness and rigid adherence to duty, loyalty, and honor often antagonize his crew. After six months on idyllic Tahiti, second-in-command Fletcher Christian leads 23 crew members in a mutiny, forcing Bligh and 18 loyal crew members into a 23-foot launch with only a compass and meager rations. Incredibly, with only one fatality, Bligh, Turnstile, and their companions row more than 3600 miles to a Portuguese settlement on Timor. Nursed back to health, the surviving crew returns to England where their story captures public attention. Imbuing the story with facts drawn from Bligh's personal documents, legal transcripts of his court martial, English naval protocol, and nautical history, Boyne has created a masterful adventure. According to Turnstile's poignant narrative, Bligh is more conflicted than cruel; Christian, the chief mutineer, is more arrogant than charismatic. Turnstile's quick wit and lively descriptions mask his insecurity and traumatic memories of sexual abuse. Like the crew, however, he eventually finds "pleasure" with a Tahitian girl. Teens will be captivated by this high-seas adventure, the abundance of bawdy banter, the drama of shipboard relationships, the desperate voyage of Bligh and his loyal companions, and one boy's coming-of-age.—Gerry Larson, Durham School of the Arts, NC
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Review
"A mesmerizing tour-de-force . . . this is a remarkable and compelling piece of storytelling." — The Irish Times
"Enthralling. . . . Written with a total command of naval expertise . . . Mutiny on the Bounty is storytelling at its most accomplished." — The Independent (UK)
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Good read
By Will o' the Wisp
I have read just about anything I could find about the Bounty story and I found this book to be pretty entertaining. It's a novel, of course, and Boyne takes the liberty of making Bligh out to be an extremely sympathetic character and Fletcher Christian into a dilattante near-fop. I think both characterizations are off the mark but it's Boyne's book after all.
He cleverly puts the teenage pickpocket, John Jacob Turnstile, on the boat as Bligh's servant in place of the real-life John Smith who was Bligh's servant. And since the servant is usually in Bligh's cabin or hovering nearby, Turnstile is able to pick up on many conversations between Bligh and his officers, particularly with Christian.
However, I think Boyne made a couple of big errors in the book. Later, when Turnstile, Bligh and 16 others are fighting for survival in the lifeboat after the mutiny, Turnstile and another sailor talk about how much they hated the ship's clerk, Mr. Samuel, and how they found it typical of the man that he'd joined Christian's mutineers. But Samuel wasn't a mutineer, he was with Bligh in the lifeboat and is mentioned several times in the lifeboat story up to that point. So how in the world did Boyne put that conversation in the book and state that Samuel was a mutineer?
Also, at the very end of the book Turnstile has just gone to Bligh's funeral in 1817 and meets his mysterious benefactor from the beginning of the story. But Turnstile never mentions anywhere at the end of the book that he had any knowledge of what happened to Christian and the other mutineers who hadn't been caught. I think that's preposterous. The surviving mutineer, John Adams, and the descendants of the Bounty mutineers were found on Pitcairn Island several years before Bligh's death and that discovery was the talk of all England. It's just impossible that Turnstile, who by that point of the story has had a long naval career, would not have heard about Pitcairn. It should've been mentioned and it is a huge omission.
Boyne also tones down the real conflict between Bligh and the ship's master, John Fryer. Fryer is portrayed very sympathetically but in reality Bligh and Fryer despised each other on the Bounty, in the lifeboat and after they returned to England. Some of that is used in the book but not enough, probably in the attempt to humanize Bligh. Lastly, Boyne doesn't even mention the big disputes that arose after the Bounty stopped for supplies and repairs at Tasmania (Van Dieman's Land as it was called back then). Perhaps he left it out of the story to keep the book to the length he wanted but some of the seeds of mutiny were sowed there and I think it could've been included.
Nonetheless, you'll like the book whether you're a Bounty historian or not.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
another great book
By Brian Meadows
John Boyne is great author and easy read
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
Boyne is a fantastic storyteller....
By Luanne Ollivier
John Boyne - isn't he the one that wrote....? Yes Boyne is the author of the hugely successful historical fiction bestseller, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
Boyne turns his talents into a re-telling of the ill fated 1789 voyage of The Bounty to harvest breadfruit on what is now known as the island of Tahiti. The breadfruit was destined to feed slaves in Jamaica. After a long and difficult voyage, many men questioned William Bligh's leadership and a mutiny occurred. Bligh and 19 loyal men were turned out into a small launch and left to live or die. Bligh managed to guide them to land over the course of 48 days. Most of them did survive. Many books have been written, recounting this event.
Boyne's novel, although faithful to historical fact, is character driven. It is told from the viewpoint of 14 yr. old John Jacob Turnstile. Turnstile is given a choice - serve his gaol sentence for thievery or sign on as the captain's servant boy on the Bounty. The ship is his choice. Having never sailed before, we are treated to seeing the vessel, the traditions, the crew, Bligh himself and the fate of The Bounty's historic voyage through the curious eyes of "Turnip", as he is known to the crew. Turnstile is a wonderfully engaging character. His dialogue is witty, sharp and humorous. He is wise beyond his years in certain ways and yet naive in other matters. His documentation of the ship's crew, their personalities and what may have led to the mutiny are a fresh look at a known story. Knowing the history of the Bounty did in no way detract from the reading of Boyne's book. Boyne is a consummate story teller and The Mutiny on the Bounty is a heck of a tale. Highly recommended.
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