Recommendations from our site
“It’s about a voyage on an 18th-century British ship, the H.M.S. Wager, which ended with shipwreck and mutiny on a remote island, and about the betrayals and feuds among the survivors. It is tremendous. You learn so much: about maritime history, the world of the sea, the workings of Empire. It’s a fantastic, dark adventure story with heroes and villains.” Read more...
The Best Historical Nonfiction Books
Kate Summerscale, Journalist
“If a grisly story of adventure on the high seas is what you’re after, David Grann, writer of wonderful tales of narrative nonfiction, had a new book out in May: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder about an 18th-century British man-of-war which was shipwrecked off Patagonia.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction of Early Summer 2023
Sophie Roell, Journalist
Our most recommended books
-
The Cruel Sea
by Nicholas Monsarrat -
Mutiny on the Spanish Main: HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy’s Revenge
by Angus Konstam -
The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service since 1945
by James Jinks & Peter Hennessy -
How to Build an Aircraft Carrier: The Incredible Story of the Men and Women Who Brought Britain’s Biggest Warship to Life
by Chris Terrill -
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick -
Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919–1939
by Thomas C. Hone & Trent Hone
