Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

An adventure story based on fact concerning a mutiny aboard the Bounty and its aftermath. The three individual books are Mutiny on the Bounty, Men against the Sea, and Pitcairn's Island. These books were originally published in 1932, 1934, and 1934 respectively.

Spithead, 1784. His Majesty's Frigate, Undine, sets sail for India and the seas beyond. Europe may be at peace-but in colonial waters the promises of statesmen count for little and the bloody struggle for supremacy still goes on.

Portsmouth, 1782. His Britannic Majesty's frigate, Phalarope, is ordered to assist the hard-pressed squadrons in the Caribbean. Aboard is her new commander-Richard Bolitho. To all appearances the Phalarope is everything a young captain could wish for, but beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship-her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands suspected of cowardice under fire and driven to near-mutiny by senseless ill-treatment....

It is 1792, over ten years since Britain's defeat by the American colonies, and the bitter humiliation still sticks sticks in the Admiralty's craw. Now brutal smugglers, many of them naval deserters, occupy the Channel, plying their trade between England and France. Richard Bolitho's mission: to take three speedy topsail cutters and fight the treacherous raiders off the coast of Kent.

New York, 1777: As the American revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea. In the turmoil of the battle to maintain a blockade of military supplies to Washington, junior officer Richard Bolitho has to make momentous decisions, decisions which could alter the course of history.

Richard Bolitho, British commodore of a small Mediterranean squadron in 1798, faces danger from the weather, the enemy, and his own men as he attempts to discover the intentions and strength of the French armada.

Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Thomas Kydds daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham: South Americas Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest. Rumors of a treasure hoard of Spanish silver spur him to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet and launch a bold attack on the capital of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate in Buenos Aires. Navigating the treacherous bars and mud flats of the river, the British invasion force wins...

In 1793, Bolitho and the British warship Hyperion are trapped by the French in the Mediterranean.

In the 18th Century, a Royal Navy ship runs aground during a storm while on a mission to harass Spanish vessels off the coast of South America. A mutiny breaks out and the novel follows two young sailors as they battle the elements and fellow sailors to survive. By the author of The Golden Ocean.

Young Thomas Kydd joins the crew of the frigate Artemis and survives a fierce battle against the French before embarking on a perilous and mutiny-tested journey to India, China, the South Seas, and around the world.