The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder
Grann, David2024
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1742: A ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washes up on the coast of Brazil. Inside are thirty emaciated men, barely alive. Survivors from the Wager, a British vessel wrecked while on a secret mission to raid a Spanish treasure-filled galleon, they have an extraordinary tale to tell. Six months later, an even more decrepit boat comes ashore on the coast of Chile, containing just three castaways with their own, very different account of what happened. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil, they maintain, were not heroes - they were mutineers. As accusations of treachery and murder fly, who is telling the truth? The stakes are life-and-death - for whoever is guilty could hang.
Main title:
The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder / David Grann.
Author:
Grann, David, author
Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2024.
Collation:
xii, 329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 2023.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781471183706 (pbk)
Dewey class:
355.1334355.133355.133 GRAN355.1334 GRA355.133.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2682989
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