A mutineer in the family

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🗓️ 16 October 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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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’s 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. (Ad) Harrison Christian is the author of Men Without Country: The True Story of Exploration and Rebellion in the South Seas (Ultimo, 2022). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Men-Without-Country-Exploration-Rebellion/dp/1761150707/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histipad Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.
0:05.0	A bit of a different thing going on this week.
0:07.3	You've been immature and you've lied.
0:10.3	And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.
0:13.9	I was trying to manipulate you.
0:15.7	Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.
0:18.1	I know, I'd be like, are you joking?
0:20.6	I don't know.
0:21.7	I guess you'd have to ask.
0:23.5	Someone that has sex.
0:24.2	Someone that has sex.
0:25.2	Right.
0:26.4	And remember, it's just between us.
0:32.3	Welcome to the History Extra podcast.
0:35.7	Fascinating historical conversations from BBC History Magazine and BBC
0:40.6	History Revealed.
0:48.1	The Mutiny on the Bounty is one of history's most famous naval insurrections for good reason.
0:55.9	In 1789, a group of sailors led by Fletcher Christian
1:00.3	seized control of the HMS bounty from its captain William Bly in dramatic fashion.
1:08.1	Bly was abandoned in the Pacific,
1:10.4	while Christian and the other crew members eventually
1:13.2	set up their own colony on the remote Pitcairn Island. It was a colony which remained undiscovered
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