Billy Budd

Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

Young naive sailor Billy Budd is impressed into military service with the British navy in the 1790s, framed for conspiracy to mutiny, summarily convicted in a drum-head court martial, and hanged. Billy Budd is the final published work by Herman Melville, discovered in his personal papers three decades after his death. (Summary by ScientificMethodist)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nautical & Marine Fiction

Language: English

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