The King's Own
By Frederick Marryat
9 Oct, 2019
Brief Extract: Peters, from that moment, was a desperate man. A short time after he had undergone his sentence, the news of the mutiny at Spithead was communicated; and the vacillation and apprehensions of the Admiralty, and of the nation at large, w
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Brief Extract: Peters, from that moment, was a desperate man. A short time after he had undergone his sentence, the news of the mutiny at Spithead was communicated; and the vacillation and apprehensions of the Admiralty, and of the nation at large, were not to be concealed. This mutiny was apparently quelled by conciliation, but conciliation is but a half measure, and ineffectual when offered from superiors to inferiors. Less