Nathaniel's Nutmeg Nathaniel's Nutmeg

Nathaniel's Nutmeg

How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

    • 4.9 • 8 Ratings
    • £5.99

Publisher Description

'To write a book that makes the reader sit in a trance, lost in his passionate desire to pack a suitcase and go to the fabulous place - that, in the end, is something one would give a sack of nutmeg for' Philip Hensher, The Spectator

In 1616, an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission - to persuade the islanders of Run to grant a monopoly to England over their nutmeg, a fabulously valuable spice in Europe. This infuriated the Dutch, who were determined to control the world's nutmeg supply. For five years Courthope and his band of thirty men were besieged by a force one hundred times greater - and his heroism set in motion the events that led to the founding of the greatest city on earth.

A beautifully told adventure story and a fascinating depiction of exploration in the seventeenth century, NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG sheds a remarkable light on history

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2012
12 April
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
400
Pages
PUBLISHER
John Murray Press
SIZE
6.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Jagonaut ,

Great

A thoroughly interesting book and well written, a guaranteed good read for anyone.
Top marks fro me !

albinoni ,

a cracking read!

In a well researched narrative that keeps you enthralled from the beginning,
Giles Milton reveals the story of the spice race,from the quest to find the northwest passage to the power struggle to conquer a small chain of islands in the south pacific.

Giles Milton is well known for writing books about untold history and this one is no exception,if you have a curiosity of the history of lifes and events in the past this is a book for you.

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