{"id":18914,"date":"2022-10-17T12:29:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T10:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=217673"},"modified":"2022-10-17T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:48:06","slug":"a-mutineer-in-the-family","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/a-mutineer-in-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"A mutineer in the family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Attar\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 17 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>In 1789, a group of mutinous sailors seized control of HMS Bounty from its captain William Bligh in dramatic fashion. A new book by Harrison Christian explores the life of the author\u2019s direct ancestor Fletcher Christian, who famously led the mutiny. Speaking with Rob Attar, Christian explains why the crew decided to overpower Bligh, during their Pacific voyage, and tells the extraordinary story of their blood-soaked colony on Pitcairn Island.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-217673-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/Harrisonmutiny-018f4e9.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/Harrisonmutiny-018f4e9.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/Harrisonmutiny-018f4e9.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Harrison Christian is the author of <em>Men Without Country: The True Story of Exploration and Rebellion in the South Seas<\/em> (Ultimo, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/men-without-country-the-true-story-of-exploration-and-rebellion-in-the-south-seas\/9781761150708&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Men-Without-Country-Exploration-Rebellion\/dp\/1761150707\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/men-without-country\/harrison-christian\/9781761150708&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rob Attar Published: Monday, 17 October 2022 at 12:00 am In 1789, a group of mutinous sailors seized control of HMS Bounty from its captain William Bligh in dramatic fashion. 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