Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has signed inside page.
An exhaustive investigation of twenty-three of the world's most infamous uprisings at sea, from the earliest days of ocean exploration to the present. Investigating the circumstances and motivations that drive seamen to overthrow authority and commit extreme and lethal crimes, Barry Stone uncovers fascinating stories behind some of maritime history's most treacherous and treasonous acts.
Includes the psychopathic events surrounding the Batavia Mutiny in 1628 off the coast of Western Australia, Mutiny on the Bounty in 1789, the French Black Sea mutiny in 1919, through to the Storozhevoy mutiny in 1975.
