Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty - Greg Dening - Google Books

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Captain Bligh and the mutiny on the Bounty have become proverbial in their capacity to evoke the extravagant and violent abuse of power. But William Bligh was one of the least violent disciplinarians in the British navy. It is this paradox that inspired…