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Jan 30, 2026

Is The Wager by David Grann a historically accurate account of its subject matter?

’s reconstructs the 1741 wreck and aftermath using a trove of archival material and competing survivor accounts, and it is broadly faithful to the insofar as that record exists and can be interpreted ...

Jan 5, 2026

The Wager by David Grann

David Grann’s The Wager reconstructs the 1741 wreck of HMS Wager and the ensuing conflict among survivors, using archival documents to interrogate how competing narratives become history; the book is ...

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