William Bligh is best known as the cause of Mutiny On The Bounty. He was also the victim of two other mutinies. Yet when he died he was a Vice-Admiral of the British Navy. How was that possible? If ever a person learned to profit from adversity, it was William Bligh.
William Bligh is best known as the cause of Mutiny On The Bounty. He was also the victim of two other mutinies. Yet when he died he was a Vice-Admiral of the British Navy. How was that possible? If ever a person learned to profit from adversity, it was William Bligh.
AcknowledgmentsVIIIntroductionXIBeginnings1The Bounty21Double Return of a Tarnished Hero57Scientific Captain to Warrior91The End of the Warrior Years113The Path to New South Wales135Troublesome Colony157Disaster177Admiral's Flag205Brief Glossary235Abbreviations237List of Sources Cited239