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*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BALLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*

'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
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‘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.