Floating Republic
An Account of the Mutinies at Spithead and the Nore In 1797
Published on 30. May 2004
300 pages
978-1-78383-999-5 (ISBN)
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The naval mutiny of 1797 is the most astonishing recorded in British history; by its management rather than by its results. Though it shook the country, it was largely ordered with rigid discipline, a respect for officers and an unswerving loyalty to the King. Moreover, it was so rationally grounded that it not only achieved its immediate end, the betterment of the sailor's lot, but also began a new and lasting epoch in naval administration.
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The Floating Republic
An Account of the Mutinies at Spithead and the Nore in 1797
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Content
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- PART I.-"THE BREEZE AT SPITHEAD
- I. THE BOLT FROM THE BLUE
- II. THE FERMENT WORKS
- III. THE CRITICAL POINT
- IV. DELICATE NEGOTIATIONS
- V. INTERVAL AT SPITHEAD
- VI. UNTIMELY EFFECTS OF PROCRASTINATION
- VII. BLOODSHED
- VIII. BALM-AND SOME FRUITLESS RESEARCH
- IX. GALA DAYS
- PART II.-"THE FLOATING REPUBLIC" THE NORE
- X. THE POT BOILS
- XI. "BETWEEN THE ACTING OF A DREADFUL THING ...
- XII. THEIR IMMOVABLE LORDSHIPS
- XIII. DRAMA
- XIV. YARMOUTH
- XV. MELODRAMA
- XVI. SIGNS OF WEAR AND TEAR
- XVII. COLLAPSE
- XVIII. THE END
- XIX. CAUSES: LESSONS: RESULTS
- APPENDICES
- I. A LIST OF THE DELEGATES AT SPITHEAD
- II. PETITION OF THE SEAMEN TO THE ADMIRALTY, 18TH APRIL 1797
- III. LETTER OF JOHN FLEMING
- IV. NOTES FOR THE LIFE OF RICHARD PARKER
- V. PARKER'S "DYING DECLARATION
- VI. SUMMARY OF CONVICTIONS AT THE NORE
- NOTES TO PART ONE
- NOTES TO PART TWO
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
