RED MUTINY: ELEVEN FATEFUL DAYS ON THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
(Houghton Mifflin, May 2007)
For readers of the Hunt for Red October or In the Heart of the Sea, a riveting look at the mutiny on the battleship Potemkin that inspired the Russian Revolution.
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Kirkus Reviews praised in a starred profile: "History at its best: readable, dramatic, and propelled by unforgettable principals."
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Description: In 1905 after
being served rancid meat, more than 600 Russian Navy
sailors mutinied against their officers aboard what was
then the most powerful battleship in the world. What
followed was a violent port-to-port chase that spanned
eleven harrowing days and came to symbolize the Russian
Revolution itself. A pulse-quickening story that alternates
between the opulent court of Nicholas II and the
razor's-edge tension aboard the Potemkin, Red Mutiny is a
tale threaded with terrific adventure, epic naval battles,
heroic sacrifices, treachery, bloodlust, and a rallying cry
to freedom that would steer the course of the twentieth
century. It is also a extensive work of scholarship that
draws on the long-closed Soviet archives to shed new light
on this seminal event in Russian and naval history.
If
you're interested in seeing an online film version of
Sergey Eisenstein's famed masterpiece The Battleship
Potemkin,
click here