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Survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, shipwrecked in 1740, faced starvation and chaos on a desolate island before crafting a makeshift vessel to escape. Initially hailed as heroes upon reaching Brazil, their story quickly unraveled when another group of castaways arrived in Chile, accusing them of mutiny and treachery. A court martial ensued, exposing the brutal anarchy among the crew and questioning the morality of imperial ambitions. This gripping narrative explores extreme human behavior and the darker truths of empire.
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- Titul
- The Wager
- Podtitul
- A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- David Grann
- Vydavateľ
- Diversified Publishing
- Rok vydania
- 2023
- Väzba
- mäkká
- Počet strán
- 528
- ISBN13
- 9780593678251
- Série
- Štítky
- Náučná literatúra, Skutočné príbehy, Dobrodružstvo, Darčeky pre ženy, Reportážna literatúra, True Crime, Lode, 18. storočie, Námorníci, Patagónia, Ztroskotanie, potopenie lode, Stroskotanci
- Prvé vydanie
- 2023
- Pôvodný názov
- The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
- Hodnotenie
- 4,15 z 5
- Anotácia
- Survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, shipwrecked in 1740, faced starvation and chaos on a desolate island before crafting a makeshift vessel to escape. Initially hailed as heroes upon reaching Brazil, their story quickly unraveled when another group of castaways arrived in Chile, accusing them of mutiny and treachery. A court martial ensued, exposing the brutal anarchy among the crew and questioning the morality of imperial ambitions. This gripping narrative explores extreme human behavior and the darker truths of empire.