Mutiny On The Spanish Main Hardback

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From renowned author and naval historian Angus Konstam, this is a gripping account of one of the Royal Navy’s bloodiest and most dramatic mutinies.HMS Hermione, a British frigate was, in 1797, the site of the bloodiest mutiny in British naval history, which saw the death of her captain and many of her officers. Though her crew handed her over to the Spanish, Hermione was subsequently recaptured in a daring raid on a Caribbean port two years later. Drawing on letters, reports, ship's logs and memoirs of the period, as well as previously unpublished Spanish sources, Angus Konstam intertwines extensive research with a fast-paced but balanced account of the mutiny and its consequences.   Illustrated with maps and diagrams tracing the events as they unfolded, and supported by informative inserts on the technical and tactical nuances of seamanship and naval warfare in the period.   “A vivid account of a forgotten chapter of British naval history.” Dan Snow, Historian, TV Presenter and Broadcaster“Mutiny on the Spanish Main has everything such a history should have: a story which no novelist would dare put before his readers, an exploration of the depths to which unconfined humans can sink, at the same time sensitivity to the ships involved, a graphic style which places the reader in the action – and there is action aplenty -  all within the historically authentic background of the Royal Navy at full power. What more could any reader want?” Peter Padfield, Author of Nelson’s War