ISBN |
9781864710403 (hbk.) |
Name |
FitzSimons, Peter |
Title |
Batavia : betrayal, shipwreck, murder, sexual slavery, courage : a spine-chilling chapter in Australian history / Peter FitzSimons. |
Published |
North Sydney, N.S.W. : William Heinemann, 2011. |
Description |
xxii, 490 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
Notes |
Maps on end papers. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-470) and index. |
Summary |
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. |
Subjects |
Batavia (Ship) |
Shipwrecks -- Houtman Abrolhos Islands |
Survival |
Mutiny -- Houtman Abrolhos Islands -- History |
Houtman Abrolhos (W.A.) |
Netherlands -- Antiquities |
Western Australia -- Antiquities |
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