Laurie F. (laurief) reviewed Batavia's Graveyard : The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny on + 19 more book reviews
This is a very good book. I read it years ago, and still think about actions and reactions of the people in this book.

A Dutch East Indies merchant ship that ran aground on an inhospitable island chain west of Australia in 1628 became the site of almost unbelievable savagery as a group of would-be mutineers imposed their will on the survivors.