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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     FitzSimons, Peter.     Subjects     Batavia (Ship)     Shipwrecks -- Australia -- Houtman Abrolhos (W.A.)     Shipwreck survival.     Mutiny -- Australia -- Houtman Abrolhos (W.A.) -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      FitzSimons, Peter.       by title:      Batavia : betrayal, ...         MARC Display

Batavia : betrayal, shipwreck, murder, sexual slavery, courage, a spine-chilling chapter in Australian history / Peter FitzSimons. by FitzSimons, Peter. Sydney : William Heinemann, 2011. Subjects Batavia (Ship)   Shipwrecks -- Australia -- Houtman Abrolhos (W.A.)   Shipwreck survival.   Mutiny -- Australia -- Houtman Abrolhos (W.A.) -- History. ISBN:  9781864710403 1864710403 9781864711349 (paperback) 1864711345 (paperback) Description:  xxii, 490 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm Contents:  Maps on end papers.-Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-470) and index.-It is no surprise that the barbarity and evil that came in the wake of the wreck of the Batavia has inspired books, radio and TV documentaries, plays and an opera. Lust, jealously, greed, madness, deception, rape, murder -- all the classic ingredients conspire in the Batavia story to produce a scenario that is truly frightening. Requests:  0 Summary:  The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle of good vs evil, the derring-do of sea-faring adventure, mutiny, ship-wreck, love, lust, blood-lust, petty fascist dictatorship, criminality, a reign of terror, murders most foul, sexual slavery, natural nobility, survival, retribution, rescue, first contact with native peoples and so much more.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 994.1 FitzSimons Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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