The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

• History
• Crime & mystery

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann, the bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, is a gripping work of narrative nonfiction that reads like a thriller. In 1740, the British warship Wager set sail on a secret mission to capture a Spanish treasure galleon, only to wreck on a desolate island off Patagonia, leaving its stranded crew to descend into starvation, mutiny, and murder as they fought for survival.

Blending meticulous historical research with propulsive storytelling, the book explores themes of leadership, survival, power, and the fragile line between civilization and chaos, following the conflicting accounts of survivors who returned to England with very different, and dangerous, versions of the truth. David Grann's masterful reconstruction of this forgotten 18th-century disaster has made it a critically acclaimed international bestseller.

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