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The Wager
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERÂ
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*
*SELECTED AS ONE OFÂ Â BARACKÂ OBAMA'SÂ FAVOURITE BOOKS OFÂ 2023*
'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books Iâve ever read' GuardianÂ
âThe greatest sea story ever toldâ Spectator
âA cracking yarn⊠Grannâs taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expression hereâ Observer
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.
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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. They were survivors of His Majestyâs ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon, the Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The crew, marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2,500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.
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Then, six months later, another, even more decrepit, craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes â they were mutineers. The first group responded with counter-charges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. While stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-deathâfor whomever the court found guilty could hang.
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PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 130 mm
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
History & Archaeology
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERÂ
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*
*SELECTED AS ONE OFÂ Â BARACKÂ OBAMA'SÂ FAVOURITE BOOKS OFÂ 2023*
'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books Iâve ever read' GuardianÂ
âThe greatest sea story ever toldâ Spectator
âA cracking yarn⊠Grannâs taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expression hereâ Observer
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.
Â
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. They were survivors of His Majestyâs ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon, the Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The crew, marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2,500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.
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Then, six months later, another, even more decrepit, craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes â they were mutineers. The first group responded with counter-charges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. While stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-deathâfor whomever the court found guilty could hang.
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PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781471183706 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Grann, David | |
| PUBLISHER : Simon & Schuster Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : January 04, 2024 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
History & Archaeology
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DESCRIPTION :
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERÂ
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*
*SELECTED AS ONE OFÂ Â BARACKÂ OBAMA'SÂ FAVOURITE BOOKS OFÂ 2023*
'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books Iâve ever read' GuardianÂ
âThe greatest sea story ever toldâ Spectator
âA cracking yarn⊠Grannâs taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expression hereâ Observer
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.
Â
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. They were survivors of His Majestyâs ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon, the Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The crew, marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2,500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.
Â
Then, six months later, another, even more decrepit, craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes â they were mutineers. The first group responded with counter-charges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. While stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-deathâfor whomever the court found guilty could hang.
Â
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 198 mm x 130 mm
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
History & Archaeology
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLERÂ
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*
*SELECTED AS ONE OFÂ Â BARACKÂ OBAMA'SÂ FAVOURITE BOOKS OFÂ 2023*
'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books Iâve ever read' GuardianÂ
âThe greatest sea story ever toldâ Spectator
âA cracking yarn⊠Grannâs taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expression hereâ Observer
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.
Â
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. They were survivors of His Majestyâs ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon, the Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The crew, marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2,500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.
Â
Then, six months later, another, even more decrepit, craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes â they were mutineers. The first group responded with counter-charges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. While stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-deathâfor whomever the court found guilty could hang.
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PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9781471183706 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Grann, David | |
| PUBLISHER : Simon & Schuster Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : January 04, 2024 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
History & Archaeology
