Why did Rona love this book?
One of the most incredible tales of survival.
The trials the men of the Wager went through were so extreme they bordered on incredulity. Starvation, injury, disease, murder, and cannibalism plague the survivors who live for months on a small deserted island near the Straits of Magellan.
And then, they set out for home and the adventure continues.
9 authors picked The Wager as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
'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
'A cracking yarn... Grann's taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expression here' Observer
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER
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…