Batavia's Graveyard by Mike Dash

Batavia's Graveyard by Mike Dash

The true story of the mad heretic who led history's bloodiest mutiny - 'An adult version of LORD OF THE FLIES that is, moreover, entirely true' Evening Standard

Good reviews are now coming in for this wonderful narrative: "Dash evokes the Dutch East Indiamen's institutional avarice and brutality particularly well, along with the cheapness of life on voyages lasting several years, and the type of person they subsequently attracted.. Dash's version of their hair-raising tale sensibly eschews hysterical romanticism in favour of a springy, understated narrative that lets the horror speak for itself... Awfully good butnot for the fainthearted."SUNDAY TIMES "The details are gruesome but the stor

Mike Dash read history at Cambridge and received his PhD from the University of London. Having worked for the Fortean Times and The Ministry of Sound, he is now setting up his own company.

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ISBN 13	9780753816844
ISBN 10	0753816849
Title	Batavia's Graveyard
Author	Mike Dash
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2003-04-03
Number of pages	464
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