Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power & Theatre on the Bounty by Greg Dening
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Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power & Theatre on the Bounty by Greg Dening

SKU TBM9780521466660
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Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Back left tail corner has been bolded. Sunning to inside front cover and synopsis page. Minor marks on right foredge.

Captain Bligh and the mutiny on the Bounty have become proverbial in their capacity to evoke the extravagant and violent abuse of power. But William Bligh was one of the least violent disciplinarians in the British navy.

It is this paradox that inspired Greg Dening to ask why the mutiny took place. His book explores the theatrical nature of what was enacted in the power-play on deck, on the beaches of Tahiti and in the murderous settlement at Pitcairn, on the altar stones and temples of sacrifice, and on the catheads from which men were hanged.

Part of the key lies in the curious puzzle of Mr Bligh's bad language.

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