Billy Budd, Sailor (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

In 1797, Billy Budd is forced into compulsory service aboard the HMS Bellipotent. Billy, a foundling from Bristol, has an innocence, good looks and a natural charisma that make him popular with the crew. After arousing the antagonism of the ship's master-at-arms, Billy is placed into a precarious situation where truth and justice are intertwined in a moral dilemma that will decide his very fate.

Billy Budd, Sailor is the final novel by Herman Melville, first published posthumously in London ...