The Wager

David Grann recounts the 1741 wreck of HMS Wager off the Patagonian coast and the harrowing descent of its survivors into mutiny, starvation and murderous rivalry. The narrative reconstructs an imperial scandal that unfolded across two competing accounts of authority, loyalty and survival, where truth itself became contested testimony before the Admiralty.

ISBN 9780385534260 · Doubleday · 2023