THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

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'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

'I cannot think of anyone who would not love this book . . . It is an extraordinary true story, beautifully written' Richard Osman

'A cracking yarn... Grann's taste for desperate predicaments finds ...