Caroline Alexander
Caroline Alexander is the author of the international bestsellers The Endurance and The Bounty and, more recently, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of the Trojan War . She is a contributing writer for National Geographic magazine and her work has also appeared in The New Yorker , Smithsonian , and Outside , among other publications. Alexander received her doctorate in classics from Columbia University and was the founder of the Department of Classics at the University of Malawi in...See more
Caroline Alexander is the author of the international bestsellers The Endurance and The Bounty and, more recently, The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of the Trojan War . She is a contributing writer for National Geographic magazine and her work has also appeared in The New Yorker , Smithsonian , and Outside , among other publications. Alexander received her doctorate in classics from Columbia University and was the founder of the Department of Classics at the University of Malawi in East Africa. See less
Caroline Alexander's Featured Books
Caroline Alexander book reviews
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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Unbelievable Endurance and Adventure
by Chet, Aug 5, 2010
If you like history about the creativity, endurance and never give-up spirit of some men, this is a great read. Read More
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The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
FACTUAL account of Mutiny on the Bounty
by bmusler, Dec 3, 2009
Nice to know what actually happened before watching the three Hollywood treatments of the incident, some of them classics. This book is terrific for about the first ~200 pages which take us through ... Read More
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The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
Very Disappointing
by aphil, Mar 26, 2008
I have read a number of books about The Mutiny on the Bounty, and this one was advertized along with the one I was buying, "The Bounty Trilogy", as giving an opposite view of Captan Bligh's character ... Read More
