Black Ship - Softcover

Pope, Dudley

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ISBN 10: 0850529735 ISBN 13: 9780850529739

Publisher: Pen and Sword Military, 2003

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This is the tale of the bloodiest mutiny in the history of the Royal Navy - the butchering of the officers aboard His Majesty's Frigate HERMIONE 32 guns, in the West Indies in 1797. Having disposed of the captain of the frigate, Hugh Pigot, a brutal and sadistic commander and all his officers both guilty and innocent, the mutineers surrendered the ship to the Spanish.

The author describes the daring recapture of the HERMIONE from under the guns of the Spanish forts, and the Royal Navy's relentless pursuit of the mutineers over the next ten years

Dudley Pope is a superb naval historian, and the author of a series of novels set during this period of history.

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About the Author:

Dudley Pope is a superb naval historian, and author of the Ramage series of novels which follow the fortunes of Nicolas Ramage, a daredevil commander in the age of fighting sail. Among his many other distinguished books on maritime history are Life in Nelson's Navy, 73 North, The Battle of the Barents Sea, The Buccaneer: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, The Battle of the River Plate and At 12 Mr Byng Was Shot.

From Library Journal:

This is another in Holt's new "Heart of the Oak Sea Classics" line of nautical titles (see Classic Returns, LJ 5/15/98, p. 121). In relating the events of a 1797 mutiny aboard the British frigate Hermione, Pope had done an "excellent job of piecing together all the facts and thus creating a unified, believable tale" (LJ 3/1/64). Though based on factual events, this is a great adventure story and perfect summer reading.
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