Book Review: The Wager sees a historic case of people shipwrecked and lost at sea

"Even today, life at sea is not easy. Back in the 1700s, life at sea bordered on the extreme of hardship, where living conditions for the crew, even in fair seas, regularly contravened minimum requirements of the modern Geneva Convention."

David Grann attends "The Old Man & The Gun" New York Premiere at Paris Theatre on September 20, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Ben Gabbe/WireImage)

• The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder 
• David Grann 
• Simon and Schuster, €14