Book of the Week: Episode 5 - A Fight for Survival
In David Grann's account of an 18th-century shipwreck, the Wager is beyond repair and her marooned crew face a fight for survival. Luke Treadaway reads.
In David Grann's high stakes story of an eighteenth century shipwreck, the Wager has foundered on submerged rocks and her crew is now marooned and faces a fight for survival off the coast of Patagonia. Luke Treadaway reads.
David Grann, the internationally best-selling and award winning writer, brings us the story of the treacherous events that took place on the Wager, an eighteenth century British warship, when it was lost at sea. Grann's enquiry into this story of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder sheds light on what happened when the Wager's crew were stranded on an uninhabitable island thousands of miles from home. The fate of those few men who made it home, reveals shocking insights into Great Britain's justice system in the Age of Empire.
David Grann is the author of The Lost City of Z, and Killers of the Flower Moon which is now a Hollywood blockbuster.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Elizabeth Allard
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- Fri 5 Jan 2024 09:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
- Sat 6 Jan 2024 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4