The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

A British warship called the Wager sets out in the 1740s, gets wrecked on a remote island, and what follows is a brutal fight for survival that eventually turns into outright mutiny among the stranded crew. David Grann, known for true crime and historical nonfiction that reads like a thriller, tells this story using ship logs and court records from the survivors’ eventual trial back in England. The story has betrayal, survival, and a genuine historical mystery about who told the truth once everyone made it home. A page-turner from start to finish. Order from thebookdot.com with delivery across Pakistan.