The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland. The magnificent ship is already boiling over with a mutius plot that is just about to break into the open when, just off the coast of Western Australia, it strikes an unseen reef in the middle of the night. While Commandeur Francisco Pelsaert decides to take the long-boat across 2000 miles of open sea for help, his second-in-command Jeronimus Cornelisz takes over, quickly deciding that 250 people on a small island is unwieldy for the small number of supplies they have. Quietly, he puts forward a plan to 40 odd mutineers how they could save themselves, kill most of the rest and spare only a half-dozen or so women, including his personal fancy, Lucretia Jansz - one of the ted beauties of Holland - to service their sexual needs. A reign of terror begins, countered only by a previously anymous soldier Wiebbe Hayes, who begins to gather to him those are prepared to do what it takes to survive...
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bolinda Audio
GTIN
9781743140253
ISBN-10
1743140258
ISBN-13
9781743140253
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189919762
Product Key Features
Author
Peter Fitzsimons
Format
CD, CD Standard Audio Format
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Regional History
Dimensions
Weight
318g
Depth
28 mm
Height
137mm
Width
165mm
Additional Product Features
Weight (kg)
0.32
Place of Publication
Amsterdam
Spine
28mm
Publication Date
01/10/2012
Running Time
1020
Read by
Richard Aspel
Audience
General
Dimensions (cm)
13.7 x 16.5 x 2.8
Genre/Subject
Western
Reader
Richard Aspel
Date of Publication
01/10/2012
Contained Items Statement
14 Audio Cds
Subject
Regional History
Imprint
Bolinda Audio
Country of Publication
United States
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