Diana Souhami

At dawn on 27 April 1789 Fletcher Christian, master's mate on HMS Bounty, took a coconut to quench his thirst from the supply on the quarterdeck. In this blend of fact and fiction, this seemingly insignificant act result in mutiny, chaos and a chain of events that leads right up to the present day. X rated, explicit sexual content.

Portrait of Alice Keppel, mistress of Edward VII and her daughter Violet Trefusis, whose lesbian affair scandalised society.

England's first celebrity policeman, Fabian of the Yard, the celebrated forensic scientist Keith Simpson, and history's most famous and dedicated hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, feature in this compelling and unique meditation on murder and fate through an examination of the killing in October 1946 of Dagmar Petrzywalski.

A seafaring life in 1704 was harsh and cruel. But Alexander Selkirk survived nearly five years marooned on Juan Fernandez, and became the model for Robinson Crusoe.