[rusticgal]

Shamefully never read treasure Island...guess I thought of it as 'boys' reading as it was about pirates etc. However Long John Silver always was a great childhood memory for me and when we started watching it I said to my husband that Silver was obviously that character. Then along came Blackbeard and so the penny started to drop. I love the characters..and the whole demise makes you realise all this stuff really went on.
We have watched a bit of 'Mutiny' and its given my boys the incentive to watch The Bounty...all fascinating stuff.