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Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny by Mike Dash
$28.00 AUD
Category: Political
When the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and children were on board. While some headed off in a lifeboat to seek help, 250 of the survivors ended up on a tiny coral island less than half a mile long. A b ...Show more
Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption and New York's Trial of the Century by Mike Dash
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
Nearly ten million men and women have served the United States as police officers. Only one has been executed for murder. Mike Dash is a master of atmospheric and entertaining historical narrative. In "Satan's Circus" he vividly opens up the world of twentieth century New York, and tells the gripping st ...Show more
Tulipomania by Mike Dash
$30.00 AUD
Category: History
In 1630s' Holland thousands of people, from the wealthiest merchants to the lowest street traders, were caught up in a frenzy of buying and selling. The object of the speculation was not oil or gold, but the tulip, a delicate and exotic bloom that had just arrived from the east. Over three years, rare t ...Show more
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