The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

A softcover in very good condition. The covers are clean, with light shelf wear. The pages are clean throughout, except for light rubbing at the edge of page 235. The print and colour plates are sharp. Vintage Books, New York, 2025. First Vintage paperback edition, originally published in hardcover by Doubleday in 2023. David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, tells the story of the British warship Wager, wrecked off Patagonia in 1741 on a mission to seize Spanish treasure. Its starving survivors split into rival groups, and accusations of mutiny and murder end in a court martial. Named a best book of the year by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among others. 408 pages, with colour plates.