Men Without Country: The true story of exploration and rebellion in the South Seas

چه لذتی دارد که دوباره در دریا باشم، در اقیانوس آرام، در چنگال یک داستان‌نویس با استعداد. هریسون کریستین و شورشیان مردان بدون کشور مرا با خوشحالی تا آخرین صفحه اسیر کردند.' داوا سوبل، نویسنده طول جغرافیایی
ماموریتی برای جمع آوری میوه های نان از تاهیتی به معروف ترین شورش تاریخ تبدیل می شود که خدمه علیه کاپیتان ویلیام بلایگ با اتهام محدودیت های غذایی قیام کردند. و مجازات های ناعادلانه.
سفر قابل توجه بلایگ به امنیت به خوبی مستند شده است، اما سرنوشت مردان شورشی در هاله ای از ابهام قرار دارد. برخی در تاهیتی مستقر شدند تا با دستگیری و دادگاه نظامی روبه‌رو شوند، برخی دیگر برای تشکیل یک مستعمره مخفی در جزیره پیتکرن، دورافتاده‌ترین جزیره مسکونی روی زمین، به راه افتادند و به مدت بیست سال از شناسایی اجتناب کردند. هنگامی که یک ناخدا آمریکایی در سال 1808 به طور تصادفی از جزیره عبور کرد، تنها یکی از قیام کنندگان Bounty زنده ماند.
به گفته یکی از نوادگان مستقیم فلچر کریستین، مردان بدون کشور > جزئیات سفر Bounty و زندگی مردان سرنشین. زندگی‌هایی که تحت سلطه رژیم تنبیهی کار سخت و جیره‌های کمیاب، و عمیقاً توسط سلسله مراتب طبقاتی تقسیم شده است. این یک داستان ماجراجویی و اکتشاف است که با لحظات خشونت شدید همراه شده است

'What joy to be at sea again, adrift on the vast Pacific, in the clutches of a gifted storyteller. Harrison Christian and the mutineers of Men Without Country held me happily captive to the very last page.' Dava Sobel, author of Longitude
A mission to collect breadfruit from Tahiti becomes the most famous mutiny in history when the crew rise up against Captain William Bligh, with accusations of food restrictions and unfair punishments.
Bligh's remarkable journey back to safety is well documented, but the fates of the mutinous men remain shrouded in mystery. Some settled in Tahiti only to face capture and court martial, others sailed on to form a secret colony on Pitcairn Island, the most remote inhabited island on earth, avoiding detection for twenty years. When an American captain stumbled across the island in 1808, only one of the Bounty mutineers was left alive.
Told by a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian, Men Without Country details the journey of the Bounty, and the lives of the men aboard. Lives dominated by a punishing regime of hard work and scarce rations, and deeply divided by the hierarchy of class. It is a tale of adventure and exploration punctuated by moments of extreme violence – towards each other and the people of the South Pacific.
For the first time, Christian provides a comprehensive and compelling account of the whole story – from the history of trade and exploration in the South Seas to Pitcairn Island, which provided the mutineers' salvation, and then became their grave.
Praise for Men Without Country
'Men Without Country shows what a writer can produce when he has real skin in the game ... Harrison Christian sets the record straight on the Bounty mutiny with forensic fervour, including the before, the during – and the after.' – Adam Courtenay, author of The Ship that Never Was
'Full of quirky detail, hair-raising descriptions of ocean voyages and memorable characterisations, Men Without Country is an absolute ripper of a tale, an old story that new questions make relevant and fresh.' – The Saturday Paper

'Written by a descendant of Christian, this is an unvarnished, unbiased, account of the mutiny and its aftermath on Pitcairn, putting it in its broader historical context. Rich in detail, but easy to read, this is a great retelling of the tale.' – Daily Telegraph​

'In his highly readable book, Harrison Christian captures something of [Fletcher Christian's] elusive personality, but also the terror of the mutineers' precarious existence on Pitcairn and the brutal end that awaited many of them.' – The Listener

'This is both a journalistic investigation, using primary and secondary sources, and a personal journey, the author being a direct relative of the mutiny's leader, Fletcher Christian.' – Sydney Morning Herald