Synopses & Reviews
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"The book is driven by Dash's research...but the same attention to detail...interrupts the pace. The story of the Batavia incident is already well recorded, and even though Dash has taken it to a new level of grotesque accuracy, his nautical drama never truly comes to life." Publishers Weekly
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"Popular historian Dash rediscovers an astonishing, sanguinary, and sexy 17th-century drama of mutiny, shipwreck, murder, and mayhem." Kirkus Reviews
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"Brilliantly crafted, deeply researched...a gruesome and powerfully written history. [Dash] provides a thorough look at the underlying subject of all expedition stories the human heart." Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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"Horrific and mesmerizing....No history I've read in years places you so deeply inside a piece of the past." National Geographic Adventure
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"Scholarly and exhilarating. Not only history, but an enthralling sea yarn and true-crime thriller." Associated Press
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"I read it in one sitting, absolutely enchanted." St. Louis Post-Dispatch