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Jannaway's Mutiny.


Jannaway's Mutiny mutiny, concerted disobedient or seditious action by persons in military or naval service, or by sailors on commercial vessels. Mutiny may range from a combined refusal to obey orders to active revolt or going over to the enemy on the part of two or more persons.  

Charles Gidley Wheeler Charles Gidley Wheeler (born 1938) (also known as Charles Gidley) is a television scriptwriter and historical novelist whose work has been acclaimed in Publishers Weekly, The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and The New York Times.  

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Jannaway's Mutiny is an historical novel based on the September 1931 mass mutiny at Invergordon, Scotland, by sailors of the Royal Navy's Atlantic Fleet A number of countries currently have or previously had an Atlantic Fleet in their navies.
  • Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)
  • Canadian Atlantic Fleet
  • U.S. Atlantic Fleet, now the United States Fleet Forces Command
. Frank Jannaway is a British sailor who finds himself at the center of the mutiny where the stakes are high--and the penalties are higher still. Author Charles Gidley Wheeler is a former Royal Navy Pilot and brings a special expertise to creating a vivid and totally engaging story that grips the readers attention from first page to last. Highly recommended reading and a welcome addition to a community library's fiction shelf, Jannaway's Mutiny is a deftly deft  
adj. deft·er, deft·est
Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous.



[Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft.
 written action/adventure historical novel that will linger in the reader's mind long after the book is placed back upon the shelf.
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Author:Burroughs, John
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Date:Sep 1, 2005
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