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Karakter Uitgevers Karakter Uitgevers i(A150217 works by) (Organisation) assertion (a.k.a. Karakter)
Born: Established: Uithoorn,
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Netherlands,
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
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2 3 y separately published work icon Batavia Peter FitzSimons , ( trans. Frank van der Knoop with title atavia. Dutch Title: Batavia : het waargebeurde, avontuurlijke verhaal van de ondergang van het VOC-schip Batavia in 1629 ) Uithoorn : Karakter Uitgevers , 2012 Z1772476 2011 single work novel historical fiction 'The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle of good vs evil, the derring-do of sea-faring adventure, mutiny, ship-wreck, love, lust, blood-lust, petty fascist dictatorship, criminality, a reign of terror, murders most foul, sexual slavery, natural nobility, survival, retribution, rescue, first contact with native peoples and so much more.
The story is set 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 mutinous 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 noted beauties of Holland - to service their sexual needs. A reign of terror begins, countered only by a previously anonymous soldier Wiebbe Hayes, who begins to gather to him those are prepared to do what it takes to survive... hoping against hope that the Commandeur will soon be coming back to them with the rescue yacht.' Source: Libraries Australia.
3 4 y separately published work icon Eden Peter Watt , Uithoorn : Karakter Uitgevers , 2006 Z1152556 2004 single work novel adventure historical fiction
3 3 y separately published work icon Papua Peter Watt , ( trans. Unknown with title Het goud van Papua ) Uithoorn : Karakter Uitgevers , 2004 Z995745 2002 single work novel adventure historical fiction When two men on opposing sides meet on the battle fields in World War I, neither can predict the ways their paths will cross in the future. Jack Kelly, a captain in the Australian army, shows compassion towards his prisoner Paul Mann, a German officer, forming an unusual bond. When the two meet again after the war, it is in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua. The friendship they quickly forge will last a lifetime. In Papua both are working towards new beginnings, in search of freedom and financial security. Both want to leave behind the memories of the war and find stability for their families. But post-war life has as many lows as it does highs - both men have enemies who would love to see them fail. Only together will they overcome the odds. (Libraries Australia record).
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