Red Mutiny

From the back cover: A highly acclaimed chronicle of riveting nonfiction. NewYork Times best-selling author Neal Bascomb has scored hits with Higher and The Perfect Mile. In Red Mutiny he reconstructs the legendary uprising aboard the Russian Battleship Potemkin. In 1905, the Potemkin is the most powerful battleship in the world, the pride of the Russian fleet. But on board, the brutality of the officers and degradation of the conditions is driving the men toward mutiny. One day, after they are served rancid meat crawling with maggots, 600 sailors rebel. Their violent struggle against…