Blue sky, green trees.'s review of Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton

Nathaniel's Nutmeg

Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History

Giles Milton

1999 • 388 pages

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Blue sky, green trees.

Way too much use of original sources quotes. Now normally this is a great thing, but in this case the quotes use the original 1600s spelling - highly distracting. Also, this book is a bit of a bummer. Heavy on describing torture, light on describing any successes.

November 22, 2009

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