A review by tamtamslibrary
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

3.0

An interesting telling of how nations were built and made their own rules by “ripping out pages” of history to fit a narrative they were unconquerable. 

What I take away from this mostly is
England wanted treasure and to “tame” natives who did nothing but offer them kindness when they were too cocky to go to shore. And their eagerness and greed for said treasure cost their tax paying citizens more than what was found, and the lives of their family members.


This is the point the author makes, but in a more elegant telling, of course. 

*note: if you listen to the audiobook version, the footnotes are read in tandem with the chapters. Some are a bit lengthy and drag the overall story a bit.
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