Batavia
from the author of The Opera House, Ned Kelly and Mutiny on the Bounty
Peter Fitzsimons
The book recounts the harrowing tale of the shipwreck of the Dutch East India Company vessel, Batavia, in 1629, and the subsequent mutiny and massacre that took place among the survivors on the isolated Abrolhos Islands off the coast of Western Australia. It delves into the leadership of the ship's commander, Francisco Pelsaert, the psychopathic mutineer Jeronimus Cornelisz, and the desperate struggle for survival by the remaining castaways.
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