{"product_id":"pelsaerts-nightmare-gregory-warwick-hansen-9780648688112","title":"Pelsaert's Nightmare","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the antipodean winter of 1629, the Dutch East Indiaman 'Batavia' was wrecked on the desolate cays of the Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain lying beyond the sea horizon of what is now Western Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne year later her merchant commander, Francisco Pelsaert, lies dying in a mildewed room outside the walls of Batavia Castle (modern-day Jakarta), the stigma of shipwreck and bloody mutiny foreclosing on his legacy. With only a servant-carer and the occasional visitor to relieve his solitude, he passes the hours in haunted reflection of events which have shaped his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Netherlands and its colonial outposts to Mogul India and the coastal wildernesses of the Great South Land, Pelsaert's tale is one of many parts and places, of exotic encounter and shrouded pleasure to unnerving dreams and thwarted certainties. Ultimately, 'Pelsaert's Nightmare' is a journey in the quest for redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript was shortlisted for the inaugural 2016 First Novel Prize in the United Kingdom and was a First Place Category Winner in the 2018 Chaucer Book Awards for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Warwick Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0648688119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780648688112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grayson Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.09d","brand":"Gregory Warwick Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850202034431,"sku":"9780648688112","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pelsaerts-nightmare-gregory-warwick-hansen-9780648688112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}