![]() Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. ![]() "Riveting.Reads like a thriller, tackling a multilayered history-and imperialism-with gusto." -Time "A tour de force of narrative nonfiction." -The Wall Street Journal On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire. ![]() #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. ![]()
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