Batavia's Graveyard - Rilegato

Dash, Mike

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ISBN 10: 0609607669 ISBN 13: 9780609607664

Casa editrice: Crown Pub, 2002

Riassunto

Examines the story of the Batavia, a seventeenth-century Dutch East India Company treasure ship, which was shipwrecked during a mutiny led by Jeronimus Corneliszoon, an event that led to the slaughter of more than one hundred innocent survivors.

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Recensione:

“Brilliantly crafted, deeply researched . . . a gruesome and powerfully written history. [Dash] provides a thorough look at the underlying subject of all expedition stories—the human heart.” —Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)

“Horrific and mesmerizing . . . No history I’ve read in years places you so deeply inside a piece of the past.”—National Geographic Adventure

“Scholarly and exhilarating. Not only history, but an enthralling sea yarn and true-crime thriller.” —Associated Press

“I read it in one sitting, absolutely enchanted.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Mike Dash is the author of the national bestseller Tulipomania. A journalist and Cambridge-educated historian, he lives in London.

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• Editore: Crown Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0609607669
• ISBN 13: 9780609607664
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 381