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The Java Gold: Book 1 the Odyssey
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Robert A. Kingsley (Goodreads Author)
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The Java Gold Book One: The Odyssey has ended as a semi finalist (top 10) in the 2016 Adventure Writing Competition!
Almost exactly 75 years ago war breaks out in the Pacific and South-East Asia is in flames. The Japanese forces storm south through Malaya and after 55 days Singapore is lost and the battle for the Dutch East Indies begins in earnest.
Despite fu ...more
The Java Gold Book One: The Odyssey has ended as a semi finalist (top 10) in the 2016 Adventure Writing Competition!
Almost exactly 75 years ago war breaks out in the Pacific and South-East Asia is in flames. The Japanese forces storm south through Malaya and after 55 days Singapore is lost and the battle for the Dutch East Indies begins in earnest.
Despite fu ...more
Paperback, Revised Edition, 356 pages
Published
December 18th 2015
(first published September 10th 2014)
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The Java Gold 25
Robert Kingsley
Action, Historical Fiction
244 Pages
Rating Four stars out of five Posted 4/9/2016
I enjoyed this war story set in and past WWII in the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas.
The main character is Peter Van der Voort. He is supported by a cast of hundreds, both protagonist and antagonist.
The main story is fiction, but it is wrapped within accurate historical data of the war effort.
The story opens with the precursors to the defeat of the Dutch land and naval forces by the su ...more
Robert Kingsley
Action, Historical Fiction
244 Pages
Rating Four stars out of five Posted 4/9/2016
I enjoyed this war story set in and past WWII in the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas.
The main character is Peter Van der Voort. He is supported by a cast of hundreds, both protagonist and antagonist.
The main story is fiction, but it is wrapped within accurate historical data of the war effort.
The story opens with the precursors to the defeat of the Dutch land and naval forces by the su ...more
“The Java Gold: Book 1: The Odyssey” by Robert Kingsley was a real treat. As keen reader of history books with a lesser known setting or perspective, this ticked a lot of boxes, and it really did it well. With well researched details and excellently drawn settings the story takes us to the Dutch Colony in South East Asia during World War II. Military equipment, ordered by the Dutch from American companies, has been confiscated by the US Army and a plane load of gold is now stuck on Java where a
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I don't read books often because so many that I start to read go on and on filling up pages but not contributing much to the story. But this one did keep me wanting to keep reading to find out what happens next. I also enjoyed the inclusion of factual information about people and places. I am looking forward to Book 2.
Very good!
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Robert A. Kingsley is a Dutch- Canadian author who currently works and lives in Europe.
He works out of the magical city of Amsterdam as an independent ICT consultant. Robert has a son and a daughter, both talented professionals in their own right, and has recently become grandfather to a wonderful grandson.
He is immensely proud of his novel "The Odyssey" having reached the semi-finals of the 2016 ...more
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He works out of the magical city of Amsterdam as an independent ICT consultant. Robert has a son and a daughter, both talented professionals in their own right, and has recently become grandfather to a wonderful grandson.
He is immensely proud of his novel "The Odyssey" having reached the semi-finals of the 2016 ...more
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