Mutiny beneath the Empire's Flag

An empire is never more exposed than when its own sailors refuse to sail. Across three centuries of British naval history, mutiny was not merely an act of desperation — it was a mirror held up to the contradictions at the heart of imperial power: the chasm between the glory of the fleet and the misery of those who crewed it. From the turbulent waters of Spithead and the Nore in 1797 — where 16 sh...