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Apr 14, 2023 · The author’s latest book, “The Wager,” investigates the mysteries surrounding an 18th-century maritime disaster off Cape Horn.
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126,714 ratings13,294 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Winner for Best History & Biography (2023) From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.
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Apr 17, 2023 · In his new book, The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder Grann picks up a tale set in the 1740s, a decade when Spain and England—vying to subject native peoples, control the world’s mineral riches and bank the wealth produced by enslaved laborers—sent shiploads of men to square off on the high seas.
Apr 18, 2023 · THE WAGER A TALE OF SHIPWRECK, MUTINY AND MURDER. by David Grann ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 18, 2023. A brisk, absorbing history and a no-brainer for fans of the author’s suspenseful historical thrillers.
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder is the fifth nonfiction book by American journalist David Grann. [1] The book focuses on the Wager Mutiny. It was published on April 18, 2023 by Doubleday. [2] [3] [4] The book became a bestseller, topping The New York Times best-seller list in the nonfiction category for its first week of ...
Apr 18, 2023 · Grann’s recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O’Brian, his portrayal of the castaways’ desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller.
Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty’s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain.
