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'Some seventeen years after the mutiny on the Bounty, William Bligh sets sail for New South Wales as Governor-elect of the fledgling colony. He is accompanied by his daughter Mary, the narrator of this extraordinary shipboard tale. A cultured young Englishwoman, Mary is entirely unprepared for the voyage - the great emptiness of the ocean, the unfamiliar rituals, the terrifying storms, the bedazzling natural wonders. Most confronting of all is the bizarre quarrel between her father and the captain of the convoy, Joseph Short, a man whose sensitivities are almost a match for Bligh's and whose temper brings the voyagers to the brink of catastrophe.
Mary's ardent and witty journal takes us beyond the quarterdeck rivalries into the private world of the Blighs - their family and friends, and the tragedies and failings of a man embarking on his last great command.
Mary's ardent and witty journal takes us beyond the quarterdeck rivalries into the private world of the Blighs - their family and friends, and the tragedies and failings of a man embarking on his last great command.
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Works about this Work
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Bligh's Daughter Bursts to Life
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 February 2013; (p. 23)
— Review of Governor Bligh and the Short Man : A Novella 2012 single work novella -
Dipping Historical Toes in Fictional Waters
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 31 August 2013; (p. 31)
— Review of Governor Bligh and the Short Man : A Novella 2012 single work novella -
Governor Bligh and the Short Man
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 June 2013; (p. 21) -
Not Quite a Novel Idea and It Works Well
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 December 2012; (p. 11)
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Bligh's Daughter Bursts to Life
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 16-17 February 2013; (p. 23)
— Review of Governor Bligh and the Short Man : A Novella 2012 single work novella -
Dipping Historical Toes in Fictional Waters
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 31 August 2013; (p. 31)
— Review of Governor Bligh and the Short Man : A Novella 2012 single work novella -
Not Quite a Novel Idea and It Works Well
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 December 2012; (p. 11) -
Governor Bligh and the Short Man
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 22 June 2013; (p. 21)
Awards
- 2013 longlisted Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature
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