Tomasz Mazurczak Mazurczak من عند Лебяжье 150000، كازاخستان
The title of the book is a bit misleading. It is more a collection of tales about the efforts of the English to get a toehold in the lucrative but risky East Indies spice trade in the 16th & 17th centuries. "How did Nathaniel change history?" is the hook to keep you reading, but the answer is not a whole book's worth. The tales are interesting enough in themselves, but piled one on top of another they felt a bit repetitious to me.