Read the introduction to AMBOINA, 1623, by Adam Clulow. In this landmark study, Clulow presents a new perspective on the Amboina case of 1623 in which Dutch authorities executed twenty-one alleged conspirators over a plot to seize a castle on a remote set of islands in what is now eastern Indonesia. Clulow moves beyond the debate over guilt or innocence and offers a masterful reinterpretation of the trial.