The mutiny on "Bounty" on 28 April 1789 was the revolt of one man against another - Fletcher Christian against William Bligh.
In 'Fragile Paradise', the great-great-great-great-grandson of the "Bounty" mutineer brings to life a fascinating and complex character history and the real story behind a mutiny that continues to divide opinion more than 200 years later.
'Fragile Paradise' sheds new light on Christian's actions and the question of who was the real villain of the mutiny. It also retraces the mutineers' extraordinary voyage to find sanctuary and reveals for the first time the pivotal role women played in this quest. Without the skills of the Polynesian women they kidnapped, the mutineers would not have survived on Pitcairn Island.
The story of the first Englishman who found and lost paradise in the South Pacific.
