Paradise in Chains: The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia
Written by Diana Preston
Narrated by Davina Porter
4.5/5
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Diana Preston
Diana Preston is an acclaimed historian and author of the definitive Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy, Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology), The Boxer Rebellion, and The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838–1842, among other works of narrative history. She and her husband, Michael, live in London.
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Reviews for Paradise in Chains
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A fascinating book! Very in depth and I loved the narrative of the discovery of Tahiti and subsequent visits by Captain Cook along with New South Whales (Australia) tie in. And also the Bounty Mutiny tie in!