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18 kwi 2023 · Drawing on “archival debris: the washed-out logbooks, the moldering correspondence, the half-truthful journals, the surviving records from the troubling court-martial,” Grann brilliantly retells the story of the Wager—a British boat bound for South America on a secret mission during the Imperial War with Spain.
A nonfiction book by David Grann about the Wager Mutiny in 1741, published in 2023. The book received positive reviews and was adapted for film by Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio.
David Grann’s The Wager is an entertaining entry in the robust subgenre of shipwreck literature. The boat in question – the titular HMS Wager – sported twenty-four guns and a crew of around 120 sailors and marines.
The Wager is a historical narrative about a 18th-century British naval ship that wrecked on a Patagonian island and its crew's survival and mutiny. The book explores the relationship between personal stories and history, and the themes of leadership, social order, and imperialism.
The Wager is a nonfiction book by the bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z. It tells the true story of a shipwreck, a mutiny, and a murder that shook the British Empire in the 18th century.
11 maj 2023 · Grann’s taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expression here’ 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.
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. On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil.
