Sahibs of the Sea

At the dawn of the seventeenth century the Dutch and English seek to establish trade with the Far East. They know they face formidable opposition from the Portuguese, but don't realise they will be opposing one another in a life and death struggle in the East Indies and India. Sahibs of the Sea is a novel of adventure, romance and betrayal that spans the known world at that time. By going to the Far East and never returning to the lands of their birth, Wilhelm Van der Wat and Nicholas Stirling leave a legacy that exists to this day, giving birth to a hybrid community that helped the English to rule India for the next three hundred years.