<B>THE INSTANT <I>NEW YORK TIMES</I> NO. 1 BESTSELLER <BR/> *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*<BR/> *SELECTED AS ONE OF  BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023*<BR/><BR/>'The beauty of <I>The Wager</I> unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books I’ve ever read' </B><I>Guardian </I><BR/><BR/><B>‘The greatest sea story ever told’ </B><I>Spectator</I><BR/><BR/><B>‘A cracking yarn… Grann’s taste for desperate predicaments finds its fullest expression here’ </B><I>Observer</I><BR/><BR/><B>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.</B><BR/> <BR/> On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil