RaveTimes Literary Supplement (UK)While the story of HMS Wager is well known, David Grann brings a distinctive and specialized approach to his treatment of it. He has carefully built his book on a firm knowledge of the published historical literature on the period and an extensive examination of the manuscript sources in a wide range of archives in England, Scotland, Australia and the United States ... Behind this story of murder, mutiny and mayhem, a more subtle anti-imperialist theme runs through the book.
