Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

Einband:
Poche format B
EAN:
9780552773928
Untertitel:
Englisch
Genre:
Belletristik & Unterhaltung
Autor:
John Boyne
Herausgeber:
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Anzahl Seiten:
544
Erscheinungsdatum:
07.05.2009
ISBN:
0552773921

Die Geschichte der Meuterei auf der Bounty aus der Perspektive eines 14 Jahre alten Jungen.

Informationen zum Autor John Boyne Klappentext A fresh and exciting new telling of a classic nautical adventure by the bestselling author of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS. Pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is on his way to be detained at His Majesty's Pleasure when he is offered a lifeline - the job of personal valet to a departing naval captain. Little does he realise that by accepting the devil's bargain he will put his life in perilous danger. For the ship is HMS Bounty, his new captain William Bligh and their destination Tahiti. Zusammenfassung Pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is on his way to be detained at His Majesty's Pleasure when he is offered a lifeline, what seems like a freedom of sorts - the job of personal valet to a departing naval captain. Little does he realise that it is anything but - and by accepting the devil's bargain he will put his life in perilous danger. For the ship is HMS Bounty, his new captain William Bligh and their destination Tahiti. From the moment the ship leaves port, Turnstile's life is turned upside down, for not only must he put his own demons to rest, but he must also confront the many adversaries he will encounter on the Bounty's extraordinary last voyage. Walking a dangerous line between an unhappy crew and a captain he comes to admire, he finds himself in a no-man's land where the distinction between friend and foe is increasingly difficult to determine...

Autorentext
John Boyne

Zusammenfassung
Pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is on his way to be detained at His Majesty's Pleasure when he is offered a lifeline, what seems like a freedom of sorts - the job of personal valet to a departing naval captain. Little does he realise that it is anything but - and by accepting the devil's bargain he will put his life in perilous danger. For the ship is HMS Bounty, his new captain William Bligh and their destination Tahiti.

From the moment the ship leaves port, Turnstile's life is turned upside down, for not only must he put his own demons to rest, but he must also confront the many adversaries he will encounter on the Bounty's extraordinary last voyage. Walking a dangerous line between an unhappy crew and a captain he comes to admire, he finds himself in a no-man's land where the distinction between friend and foe is increasingly difficult to determine...


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