Nathaniel's nutmeg : how one man's courage changed the course of history
The island that became Manhattan was fought over in the early 17th century by the British and the Dutch, because of the nutmeg there. Nathaniel Courthope and a band of 30 men defended the island successfully against a force 100 times greater
Print Book, English, 1999
Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1999