Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

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With 39 men and the natives, with scarce food and water (springs of which the island is devoid of) supply, he proceeded to hold off a siege of the Dutch - who outnumbered them considerably - for over 1,540 days. He was of the wealthy cloth-maker Courthope family of Goddard's Green in Cranbrook, Kent, the son of Alexander Courthope and brother of the Peter Courthope who bought Danny House in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, and who was painted by Cornelius Johnson. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view.

Thanks to Courthope's defence of the island however, Britain was able to barter its legal title to the island of Run with the Dutch, for another island by the name of Manhattan. He has written twelve works of non-fiction, a thriller, two comic novels and three books for young children.Even after the fleet of Sir Thomas Dale sent from England to Run had been defeated by the Dutch governor of the archipelago, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the decision never changed. You don't hole up on an island against a superior fleet, with no natural water sources (he and his men had to drink their supplies with clenched teeth to keep the fauna out) and nothing to eat but sago without a good deal of the right stuff.

The Nathaniel of the title is Nathaniel Courthope, whose story occupies about 8 per cent of this book, 30-odd pages before its end. It's a spice, once rare and expensive, over which several minor wars were fought between competing countries (Venice, Genoa, the Netherlands, Portugal and England). In short, Manhattan was traded for the island of Run, a speck of land so obscure it now only appears on specialised maps. At that time Nutmeg was thought to cure the plague; and was the most valuable commodity in the world. D-Day: The Soldiers' Story" focuses on the experiences of survivors during Operation Overlord, giving voice to unheard accounts.In 1614 he was accused of purloining company resources and other offences by one dying man named, Edward Langley. It has been praised for its balanced approach to history and has been published in both Turkish and Greek. The book is available in the United States as two volumes, titled "When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters" and "When Churchill Slaughtered Sheep and Stalin Robbed A Bank.