Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

ISBN-13: 9780340696767 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 400 str.

Giles Milton

Opis

The island that became Maluka was fought over in the early 17th century by the British and the Dutch, because of the nutmeg there. Nathaniel Courthope and a band of 30 men defended the island successfully against a force 100 times greater.

Recenzje

A magnificent piece of popular history . . . This is a book to read, reread, then read again to your children Nicholas Fearn, Independent on Sunday

O autorze

Giles Milton is a writer and historian. He is the internationally bestselling author of eleven books including Nathaniel's Nutmeg, White Gold, Samurai William, Paradise Lost, Russian Roulette, D-Day: The Soldier's Story and Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. He has also written three novels and three children's books. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages. He lives in London.