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PUBLISHED
[United States]: Dreamscape Media, LLC , 2013
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781520038896 (electronic bk.) MWT11664545, 1520038895 (electronic bk.) 11664545
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Robert Ryan, Peter Ustinov, Melvyn Douglas, Terence Stamp
In 1797, young Billy Budd is impressed into naval service. It is a perilous time for a British Royal Navy still reeling from mutinies and marauding French ships. When Billy is forcibly transferred to HMS Bellipotent, he evokes the wrath of John Claggart, the ship's Master-at-arms. Claggart falsely accuses Billy of conspiracy to mutiny, a charge that will have a profound effect on the fates of both seamen
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