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1) The Wager
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English
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On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty?s ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain.�While chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon, the Wager was wrecked on a desolate island...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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From one of the best-loved and bestselling authors of all time comes and irresistible tale of swashbuckling pirates in the New World - a classic story of adventure and betrayal. Jamaica, in 1665 a lone outpost of British power amid Spanish waters in the sunbaked Caribbean. Its capital, Port Royal, a cuthroat town of taverns, grog shops and bawdy houses - the last place imaginable from which to launch an unthinkable attack on a nearby Spanish stronghold....
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