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Apr 18, 2023 · Drawing on “archival debris: the washed-out logbooks, the moldering correspondence, the half-truthful journals, the surviving records from the troubling court-martial,” Grann brilliantly retells the story of the Wager—a British boat bound for South America on a secret mission during the Imperial War with Spain.
David Grann’s The Wager is an entertaining entry in the robust subgenre of shipwreck literature. The boat in question – the titular HMS Wager – sported twenty-four guns and a crew of around 120 sailors and marines.
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 ...
“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.
The Wager by David Grann tells the story of doomed 18th-century British naval warship the Wager, exploring the relationship between personal stories and history.
Apr 18, 2023 · From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.
May 1, 2024 · A story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell.
- David Grann
About The Wager. #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.
Apr 14, 2023 · The men were survivors of the H.M.S. Wager, a British man-of-war that had left England nearly a year and a half before, part of a squadron that had been tasked with capturing a Spanish...
May 11, 2023 · Grann's masterful new book The Wager is at once an adventure on the high seas, a horror story and a courtroom drama - a little bit Rashomon meets Lord of the Flies' ― Rolling Stone. 'Grann recreates the voyage in all its enthralling horror' ― New York Times Bestseller list, 'Editor's Choice'.
- David Grann
