The Wreck Of The Batavia And Prosper

By: Simon Leys

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Paperback | 27 September 2010 | Edition Number 1

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'The Wreck of the Batavia is a dazzling tale told by a master: brief, direct, essential - and monstrous.' -Philippe Sollers, Le Monde

In 1629 the Batavia was wrecked on a desert island fifty miles north-west of Australia. Most on board survived, including a small group of mutineers who, led by a visionary psychopath, organised a methodical massacre of the hapless community.

Following the wreck's discovery in 1963, Simon Leys travelled to the site. This is his riveting account of the shipwreck and its brutal aftermath.

Also featured here is Prosper, Leys' personal recollection of a summer spent on board a fishing boat from Brittany, one of the last boats still working under sail.

SIMON LEYS' books include With Stendhal, Other People's Thoughts and The Death of Napoleon. A renowned sinologist, he is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books, Le Figaro Litt©raire and The Monthly. In 1996 he delivered the ABC's Boyer Lectures.

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