The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
By David Grann$30.00 USD
David Grann reconstructs the harrowing story of HMS Wager, a British warship wrecked on a remote Patagonian island in 1741, and the desperate, murderous survival story that followed. When the survivors finally made it home, they told wildly conflicting accounts, and the resulting court martial raised questions about truth, authority, and justice at the heart of empire.
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📄 352 pages⏱ ~3 hr read📅 2026
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David Grann reconstructs the harrowing story of HMS Wager, a British warship wrecked on a remote Patagonian island in 1741, and the desperate, murderous survival story that followed. When the survivors finally made it home, they told wildly conflicting accounts, and the resulting court martial raised questions about truth, authority, and justice at the heart of empire.
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