AMERICAN SANCTUARY: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution. By A. Roger Ekirch. Pantheon. 293 pages. $30.

On the night of September 22, the bloodiest mutiny ever suffered by the Royal Navy erupted aboard the frigate HMS Hermione off the western coast of Puerto Rico.

Professor A. Roger Ekirch talked about his book [American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution], in which he recalls the extradition of Jonathan Robbins to ...

Late in the evening of September 21st, 1797, as the frigate HMS Hermione was patrolling the waters of the Caribbean, her crew rose up in bloody mutiny. These were men pushed to their limits by a ...

Mr. Ekirch relates the HMS Hermione mutiny — bloodiest in the Royal Navy’s history — in bloodcurdling detail and with the snap of tomorrow’s front page. Telling it as a mustard seed story ...