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This is the first book to address the topic of mutiny in and of itself, or to present mutiny in a comparative framework. The fourteen contributors, a mixture of military, social, …

En ramsalt røverhistorie fra virkeligheten – like spennende som en kriminalroman. Sommeren 1816 er skonnerten «Plattsburg» på vei fra Baltimore til Tyrkia for å kjøpe opium. Hele …

First published in 1831, this account of a notorious event in the history of the navy makes extensive use of letters, papers and the testimony of those involved. Sir John Barrow …

‘A vivid account of a forgotten chapter of British naval history.’ - Dan Snow, Historian, TV Presenter and BroadcasterThe true story of one of the most notorious mutinies in naval …

Soldiers in Revolt examines the understudied phenomenon of military mutinies in Africa. Through interviews with former mutineers in three West African countries, the book provides …

Why did the nonviolent Meerut mutiny of 1857 in India explode into a violent military revolt? Breaking new ground on the events of May 10, William Pinch reexamines the evidence, …

The infamous Bounty mutiny of 1790 culminated in nine mutineers taking up residence on the small Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific. Rivalry over Polynesian women soon led to …

Pitcairn Island was a tiny uninhabited Eden when, in January 1790, Fletcher Christian and eight sailors, together with six Polynesian men, twelve Tahitian women and one baby, …

The bestselling author of The Endurance reveals the startling truth behind the legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty â?? the most famous sea story of all time.

On May 11, 1857, Hindu and Muslim sepoys massacred British residents and native Christians in Delhi, setting off both the whirlwind of similar violence that engulfed Bengal in the …