I have just purchased and read your superb “Mutiny on the Bounty”.

It is an extraordinary work of immense research, combining a wonderful intertwining of accurate historical facts with high drama. I really enjoyed your changes of expression, using the styles of period speech, quotations and contemporary asides. You have created a true masterpiece.

Thank you for all the effort you’ve given through your skilful writing, editing and coordination to publish this amazing story.

Kind regards
James Coleborne

Great book -- read it in hospital over two days -- keep em coming.

Just when you think you know everything there is to know about the conflict of William Bligh and Fletcher Christian on the high seas, Peter FitzSimons effortlessly breathes new life into this often-told story. Mutiny on the Bounty, an ambitious and thorough book, diligently covers the ill-fated voyage from its inception to the subsequent trials with a wealth of new details.

Written like a kind of live news report, the story unfolds with tense drama that is vivid and gritty, putting the reader right on deck. This book is driven by dialogue based on the crew’s diaries, letters, and court depositions, giving a voice and face to lesser-known players like the mutineers, loyalists, and waverers. Using documents previously unpublished, FitzSimons tells of the frank sexuality of the Tahitians and the powerful effect this had on all the Bounty’s ranks, setting the context for subsequent misunderstandings and violence. We learn more of the political factors surrounding the voyage, including the heavy hand of patron Sir Joseph Banks on the trip’s planning and on the later trials. Cameos by James Cook and Matthew Flinders also add flesh to a subplot of enthusiastic networking in the Georgian Admiralty, where class and connection are everything.

This famous mutiny is one of the greatest true tales: a conflict born of many slights and offences, both cultural and procedural, all leading to a perfect storm of regrettable actions. With Mutiny on the Bounty, Peter FitzSimons brings colour and depth to this portrayal of a power play in the most epic of circumstances.