About this title: When the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and children were on board. While some headed off in a lifeboat to seek help, 250 of the survivors ended up on a tiny coral island less than half a mile long. A band of mutineers, whose motives were almost beyond comprehension, then started on a cold-blooded killing spree, leaving less than 80 people alive when the rescue boat arrived three months later. BATAVIA'S GRAVEYARD tells this strange story as a gripping narrative structured around three strong ...
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ORION PUBLISHING CO Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780753816844ISBN:0753816849
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 416 pages. (416 pages) the true story of the mad heretic who led history's bloodiest mutiny-'an adult version of lord of the flies that is, moreover, entirely true' evening standard 3 map(s) (Paperback) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780575070240ISBN:0575070242
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Hardcover A super first edition, first printing with pristine tight white pages having no inscriptions set in pristine coverboards. The priced jacket has NO tears, nicks, rubs, scuffs, scratches or creases. read more
Description: London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2002). Cloth, name on fly, paper sl. browned else fine in d/w, maps, pp. 398. ISBN 0-575-07024-2. "The true story of the mad heretic who led history's bloodiest mutiny" (d/w sub-title). read more
Description: 2002, 1st edition, fine condition, with a fine dust jacket, with a priced unclipped dust jacket flap, published by Crown Publishers, New York, 381 pages. The account of history's bloodiest mutiny, when the Dutch East India Company's flagship, the Batavia, loaded with gold, silver, and gems sailed in 1628 and one twisted heritic Joronimus Corneliszoon, sailed on this ship and created a bloody mutiny. A chilling read! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780575070240ISBN:0575070242
Description: Acceptable. Edge wear to covers and tanning to pages. Ex library with stampings to end papers and small catalogue number to spine. Dispatched from UK. read more
Description: First edition. Boards, 8vo, 381 pp. Mutiny and shipwreck in Australia. Fore-edge has light dustsoiling and one small nick, otherwise Fine/Fine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780575070240ISBN:0575070242
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 398pp. Brown paper covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. The true story of the mad heretic who led history's bloodiest mutiny aboard the "Batavia" and in the Abrolhos Islands. 'Makes the Mutiny on the Bounty look like a childrens picnic' Book and dust jacket are both in near fine condition. read more
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. ISBN10: 0753816849. read more
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