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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder is the fifth nonfiction book by American journalist David Grann. The book focuses on the Wager Mutiny. It was published on April 18, 2023 by Doubleday. The book became a bestseller, topping The New York Times best-seller list in the nonfiction category for its first week of publication.
- United States
- David Grann
- English
- Wager Mutiny
Apr 18, 2023 · View Kindle Edition. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the 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.
The Wager is a thrilling account of the British naval ship HMS Wager. In 1741, as part of Commodore George Anson's squadron, they set out to intercept Spanish galleons carrying treasure from South America.
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Apr 14, 2023 · On Jan. 28, 1742, a battered vessel carrying 30 men washed up on the shore of Brazil. The men were survivors of the H.M.S. Wager, a British man-of-war that had left England nearly a year...
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder. The British naval ship the Wager is wrecked on a desolate island off the tip of South America in 1740. The captain and crew struggle to survive and maintain order while battling extreme weather and their own human nature. Director. Martin Scorsese. Writer. David Grann. Star. Leonardo DiCaprio.
- Martin Scorsese
- David Grann
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Leonardo Dicaprio
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 · Set in the 1740’s, it’s a true story based around the HMS Wager involving a court martial where two groups of shipwrecked British sailors accuse each other of mutiny + murder. David Grann pulled out all the stops in this harrowing tale of the British ship Wager that embarked from England on a secret mission against Spain; to capture a ...
- David Grann
