When Fortune Frowns

The engrossing story of HMS Pandora never before told in a historicalnovel comes to life in this portrait of the crew that embarked in 1790 on anepic voyage to... » 

The engrossing story of HMS Pandora never before told in a historicalnovel comes to life in this portrait of the crew that embarked in 1790 on anepic voyage to Tahiti to find and arrest the men who revolted against theBounty and Captain William Bligh. Evoking the remarkable and cataclysmicevents that occurred after the British Admiralty sent the Royal Navy out todetain the mutineers and bring them back to England for trial this novelembodies life aboard a ship in the 19th century. Based on original documentsincluding the correspondence of the participants and a study of the Pandoraslogbook this vivid and exciting tale of adventure is filled with storms bravedeeds serene tropical islands and ultimately a horrific shipwreck on theGreat Barrier Reef. Readers will see that contrary to conventional wisdomCaptain Bligh was not the tyrant he has been portrayed as while the commanderof the Pandora fit that description to a T. «