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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

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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. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, TIME, Smithsonian, NPR, Vulture, Kirkus ReviewsRiveting...Reads like a thriller, tackling a multilayered history-and imperialism-with gusto. -Time"A tour de force of narrative nonfiction. -The Wall Street JournalOn January 28, 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 Majestys Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as the prize of all the oceans, it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes - they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that 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-death-for whomever the court found guilty could hang.The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Granns recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick OBrian, his portrayal of the castaways desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Granns work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound.

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[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] How many stories of true events are actually true?!?! This will have you questioning everything you've ever read in history books. This book is truly a journey for everyone. I bought it for my husband. He read it and had so much to say I had to read it for myself. I'm not as much of a read as he is but this book is a keeper. I usually read a book and pass it along but this one earned a place on my bookshelf.

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[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I started reading this book online, loan ended half way through the book, had to purchase a copy. Learned new things and thoroughly enjoyed the reading! After I binged so many ship movies and shows 🥰😃

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This was a great book to read. The book was full of action despite being a nonfiction book. It details about life on the ocean, the diseases that sailors encountered, mutiny, and surviving a shipwreck for over half a year. You get the point of view from different groups of people about the mutiny via documents and journals. A well researched book that was enjoyable to read.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Excellent history of a relatively unknown event in the European competition for international power.

A Must Read For Any History Buff

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have enjoyed reading this novel and would highly recommend it

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Fascinating tale that kept me intrigued through it all. I didn't imagine I'd be so captivated by life on a ship (and shipwreck) but I was totally immersed in the tale. The divergence of the three stories after the conclusion (I won't spoil it) was a bit meandering but the adventure in the first part was worth it. Neat photos in the book too. I'm usually a reader of historical fiction, it was neat to know this was from a true tale.

Captivating!

Still regularly think about parts of this book months after reading it.  Couldn't put it down while reading it.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Wish there were some kind of discount, and it took a while to get here.

Interesting story and very well written and researched. Sailors back then endured terrible hardships.

The book started at the beginning, but then started over with page 1 after more than 100 pages. I'd love to return it for a refund. It was a Christmas gift and the person just got around to reading it and found that there's a repeat of an entire section. I replaced the book. I see it is no longer eligible for a refund. I only want a refund because it's defective.

Defective book. Pages missing.