The Wager | David Grann | Paperback
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David Grann reconstructs a voyage that ended in shipwreck, competing accounts of survival and an Admiralty court martial. HMS Wager had sailed on a British expedition during war with Spain; the disaster that followed left her men facing danger both at sea and on an isolated shore.
As survivors returned with accusations of mutiny and murder, the question became not only how they had lived, but whose version of events could be believed. Grann draws on historical testimony to bring the tensions of the voyage and its aftermath into a closely paced narrative. For readers interested in the age of sail, the book offers a powerful account of authority, desperation and the fragile bonds of a ship’s company under extreme pressure.
Book Details
- Author: David Grann
- Full title: The Wager
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN-13: 9781471183706
- Publication date: 04/01/2024
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