Graeme Lay
Auteur van The secret life of James Cook
Over de Auteur
Graeme Lay was born in 1944 in Foxton. He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington and became a school teacher. He soon became books editor of North and South magazine in 1992. He has published two novels, The Mentor (1978) and The Fools on the Hill (1988), two collections of short stories, toon meer Dear Mr Cairney and Motu Tapu, and edited four short story anthologies, Metro Fiction, the popularly successful 100 New Zealand Short Short Stories, Another 100 New Zealand Short Short Stories, and The Third Century. He has since changed his focus to non-fiction with Passages: Journeys in Polynesia (1993), Pacific New Zealand (1996) and, in the planned `Pacific Pride' series, his working titles are The Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Fij and James Cook Lost World. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Graeme Lay
A travel guide to Captain James Cook's New Zealand: Exploring significant locations from Cook's voyages of discovery (2017) 1 exemplaar
One Hundred New Zealand Short Stories 1 exemplaar
Super Gran's Birthday Treat 1 exemplaar
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A Passion for Travel: New Zealand Writers & their Adventures Overseas (1998) — Medewerker — 2 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1944-01-15
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Aotearoa / New Zealand
- Geboorteplaats
- Foxton, New Zealand
- Woonplaatsen
- Taranaki, New Zealand
North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand
Surrey, England, UK - Opleiding
- Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Beroepen
- novelist
school teacher
editor
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- 40
- Ook door
- 2
- Leden
- 212
- Populariteit
- #104,834
- Waardering
- 3.6
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 66
- Talen
- 1
Fletcher Christian was the leader of the 1789 mutiny against commander William Bligh of the HMAV Bounty, and this novel by prolific New Zealand author Graeme Lay is a fictionalised account of the story.
If you already know the story of the mutiny, (and after a week on Norfolk Island, I certainly did) then the most interesting part of this novel is the story of Fletcher’s Christian’s youth in England and his rise from genteel poverty after his widowed mother fell into debt. But the first hint that this fictionalisation takes liberties with the truth occurs when the reader comes across a concocted account of Christian rescuing the young William Wordsworth from being bullied at school. It’s not just unconvincing, it’s also an indication that heroic deeds will be ascribed to this man who consigned the commander of his ship and 18 loyalists to a likely death when he cast them out to sea in a longboat.
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2018/07/01/fletcher-of-the-bounty-by-graeme-lay-bookrev...… (meer)