Michael's Reviews > Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny

Life on a Dutch East India Company ship in the 1620s was pretty awful and nasty in the best of circumstances - but add shipwreck, mutiny, and murder to the mix and you have a particularly grim but fascinating story, exceptionally well-written. A quick and very entertaining read - best Mike Dash book that I have read to date.