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True Crime and Punishment: Mutinies - Softcover

Stone, Barry

 
9781741966343: True Crime and Punishment: Mutinies
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1741966345 ISBN 13: 9781741966343
Verlag: Murdoch Books, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Mutinies is 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 the fascinating stories behind some of maritime history's most treacherous and treasonous acts. From the psychopathic events that unfolded on the Batavia in 1629 with leader Jeronimus Cornelisz systematically torturing and killing survivors when the ship ran aground, to the chilling real-life The Hunt for Red October story.the extraordinary revolt aboard the Soviet warship Storozhevoy in 1975, this explosive collection of true stories makes for gripping reading. Other titles in this series: Heists Spy Stories Imposters Prison Island

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Barry Stone is a writer and travel photographer and a graduate of the Australian College of Journalism. His photographs have been widely exhibited. Barry has been a long-time contributor of feature stories and travel pieces to some of Australia's largest daily newspapers, and was a contributing author to the 2006 ABC Books publication Historica: 1000 Years of Our Lives and Times. He is author I Want to Be Alone and co-author of The Greatest Headlines in History.

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Verlag
Murdoch Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1741966345
ISBN 13 
9781741966343
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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