A Brief History of Mutiny: Furious, Savage and Bloody - 400 Years of Rebellion (Brief Histories)

by Richard Woodman

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The notorious uprising on the Bounty has been elevated to iconic status by Hollywood, yet Richard Woodman describes it here as a mere 'pup' among mutinies. Captain Bligh was neither tyrant nor sadist -- whereas Pigot of the Hermione was both. Woodman brings a seaman's perspective to this


compelling history, which stretches from Magellan's handling of an uprising on his great voyage of discovery in 1519 to the 'sordid crimes' that mutinies had become four centuries later.

  • ISBN10 0786715677
  • ISBN13 9780786715671
  • Publish Date 1 June 2005 (first published 28 April 2005)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 4 June 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Avalon Publishing Group
  • Edition Carroll & Graf ed.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 352
  • Language English