$36.00
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2012
Summary
Batavia: A Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Massacre in the Australian Outback
The greatest story in Australia’s history comes to life!
The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines the birth of the world’s first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle of good vs evil, sea-faring adventure, mutiny, shipwreck, love, lust, blood-lust, petty fascist dictatorship, criminality, a reign of terror, murders most foul, sexual slavery, natural nobility, survival, retribution, rescue, and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781864711349 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1864711345 |
| Author: | Peter FitzSimons |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 660g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 155mm x 37mm |
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About The Author
Peter FitzSimons
Peter FitzSimons is a journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald. He is also a regular TV commentator, a former radio presenter and a former national representative rugby union player. Peter is the author of over 20 books - including Tobruk, Kokoda, Batavia, Mawson and the Ice Men of the Heroic Age, Ned Kelly and biographies of Nancy Wake, Kim Beazley, Nick Farr-Jones, Les Darcy, Steve Waugh and John Eales. Peter is Australia’s biggest-selling non-fiction author of the last ten years. Peter was named a Member of the Order of Australia for service to literature as a biographer, sports journalist and commentator, and to the community through contributions to conservation, disability care, social welfare and sporting organisations. He lives with his wife, Lisa Wilkinson, and their three children in Sydney. His forthcoming book is Gallipoli.
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