5/29/2023 0 Comments Nightmare descriptive writing![]() I was surprised at how the VOC (the Dutch East India Company) were as conniving, venal and lacking in morality as the East India Company in Britain, European traders have a lot to answer for! ![]() I was moved by this story to investigate the real Francisco Pelsaert, to check the facts on his fateful journey which ended in shipwreck, mutiny, cruelty, murder and mayhem. The author captures the beauty and corruption of these amazing empires, each with their own agendas hidden or otherwise. His nightmare is tangled up with his life in India, his meeting with the Jesuit Missionaries and the Rulers of the Indian states. The nightmare is of Pelsaert's own making, emanating from guilty secrets and the cruelty and deceit of those he encounters on that fateful voyage of the Batavia. The tone is feverish and visceral, capturing the cruel climate and the sickness that haunts those not born to endure it. These ghosts, some welcome and some not, help flesh out the story of what happened. The story unfolds bit by bit as Francisco Pelsaert lies on his death bed haunted continually by ghosts and events from his past. I received a free copy of this book via The History Quill Book Club.įascinating true events told in a very personal way from Pelsaert's point of view.
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