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Review title: a worthless little read
Product review: This is a small thin book that isn't worth buying, not even at a discounted price. When the author repeatedly tells you that you should be reading a different book on the subject, an earlier more complete one, you should take him at his word and not read this little thing. The Batavia half is over too soon and the second half of the book has nothing to do with the Batavia. It's about the author sailing on a ship called the Prosper. I would suggest that a potential reader should try some internet postings about the Batavia wreck, and then, if interested, do what the author suggests: read Mike Dash's better book instead.
