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   What is the story of a shipwreck mutiny & murder?

   • 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.

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   What is the story behind the wager?

   • “Grann tells the riveting tale of the British ship the Wager, which embarked from England on a secret mission against Spain in 1740. Two years later, 30 ragged men from the Wager landed ashore in Brazil. Six months after that, three more Wager sailors washed up in Chile.

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   What is a mutiny & murder book called?

   • The book is called "The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder." BRIGER: So, David, there's two important characters in your book that will become, like, the opposing poles in the mutiny. One is the captain, David Cheap. And he actually starts this journey to South America as a second-in-command of a different boat.

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   What happened to the wager?

   • 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. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia.

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   108,460 ratings11,447 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 18, 2023 · Author David Grann tells the story of an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia. The survivors sailed thousands of miles to safety, and later faced charges of...

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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.

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   Apr 16, 2023 · Lost History. Why a Harrowing 18th-Century Shipwreck Is a Parable for Our Times. Author David Grann discusses his latest book — a true story of mayhem, mutiny, and “efforts by those in power...

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   From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.

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   Apr 18, 2023 · #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.

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   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 ...

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