The wager

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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.



THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*

'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books I’ve ever read' Guardian

‘The greatest sea story ever told’ Spectator

'I cannot think of anyone who would not love this book . . . It is an extraordinary true story, beautifully written' Richard Osman

‘A cracking yarn… 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.

On 28th January 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 Majesty’s ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon, the Wager was wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The crew, marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2,500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.

Then, six months later, another, even more decrepit, craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes – they were mutineers. The first group responded with counter-charges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. 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.

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De schipbreuk van The Wager

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Waargebeurd verhaal over muiterij waanzin en een strijd op leven en dood op 28 januari 1742 spoelde een bouwvallig schip aan op de kust van brazili in het ruim bevonden zich dertig uitgemergelde mannen overlevenden van de bemanning van hms the wager een brits schip dat in 1740 uit engeland was Op voorraad. Voor 23:00 uur besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

The Wager

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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 the sunday times number one bestseller the instant new york times no 1 bestseller longl 2 - 4 weken .. MEER INFO

De schipbreuk van The Wager

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waargebeurd verhaal over muiterij waanzin en een strijd op leven en dood op 28 januari 1742 spoelde een bouwvallig schip aan op de kust van brazili in het ruim bevonden zich dertig uitgemergelde mannen overlevenden van de bemanning van hms the wager een brits schip dat in 1740 uit engeland wa Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 04 januari 2024

Aantal pagina's: 368

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Hoofdauteur: David Grann

Hoofduitgeverij: Simon & Schuster Ltd

Originele titel: The Wager: a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder

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Editie: 1st edition

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Product breedte: 130 mm

Product hoogte: 23 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

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Verpakking breedte: 132 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 27 mm

Verpakking lengte: 199 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 317 g

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EAN: 9781471183706

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