The Potemkin Mutiny (Bluejacket Books) - Softcover

Richard Hough

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557503702 ISBN 13: 9781557503701

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1996

Synopsis

Hailed as an important contribution both to history and to sea literature when first published in 1961, Richard Hough's book gives a dramatic blow-by-blow account of the June 1905 mutiny on board the Russian battleship Potemkin. The revolt, immortalised in Sergei Eisenstein's famous film, was considered by the Soviets a glorious moment in the people's fight against a tyrannical czarist government, but for others it was a sordid little rebellion over bad meat.

Hough chronicles events from the first rumblings of discontent to the closing scenes of the uprising that nearly brought about the Russian Revolution twelve years early. His balanced recounting of events, including the killing of many Potemkin officers and a civil uprising in Odessa quelled by the Cossacks who, slaughtered thousands, show the protagonists not as symbols but as human beings reacting under powerful tensions.

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From the Back Cover:

Hailed as an important contribution both to history and to sea literature when first published in 1961, The Potemkin Mutiny gives a dramatic blow-by-blow account of the June 1905 mutiny on board the Russian battleship Potemkin. The revolt, immortalized in Sergei Eisenstein's famous motion picture, was considered by the Soviets a glorious moment in the people's fight against a tyrannical czarist government. Richard Hough chronicles events from the first rumblings of discontent to the closing scenes of the uprising that nearly brought about the Russian Revolution twelve years early. His balanced account depicts the protagonists not as symbols but as human beings reacting under powerful tensions.

About the Author:

<strong>Richard Alexander Hough</strong> (1922 - 1999) was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1557503702
• ISBN 13: 9781557503701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190