In 1872 the Mary Celeste was found sailing aimlessly in the Atlantic Ocean, her crew strangely and inexplicably missing.
What happened to them has remained an enduring mystery of the sea.
Mary Celeste quickly became the subject of stories that told of half-eaten meals, mugs of still-warm tea on the galley table, and the aroma of fresh tobacco smoke lingering in the captain's cabin. Theories to account for the missing crew ranged from mutiny and murder to a giant octopus snatching the crew one by one from the deck, abduction by UFOs and the strange forces said to exist in the so-called Bermuda Triangle.
In this gripping narrative, Paul Begg tells the story of the discovery of Mary Celeste, the people who vanished and the recent discovery of the wreckage.
