Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea

Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea

by PaulBegg (Author)

Synopsis

Mary Celeste is an iconic mystery - a perfectly seaworthy ship found wandering aimlessly at sea, her crew strangely and inexplicably missing.

Paul Begg tells the story of the discovery of Mary Celeste and the people who vanished, and investigates over a century's worth of speculation and survivors' tales, searching for the facts behind one of the world's great mysteries.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
Publisher: Longman
Published: 08 Dec 2006

ISBN 10: 1405836210
ISBN 13: 9781405836210
Book Overview:

The definitive account of the world's most famous maritime mystery.


Media Reviews

`A fascinating read - one that goes well beyond mere detective story to make a subtle examination of the reasons why this case has lived on in the public consciousness.'

NUMAST Telegraph

`A readable, intelligent, account of the history of the ship, the cast of characters and what is believed to be the recent discovery of wreckage identified as being part of Marie Celeste.'

World Ship Review

Author Bio

Paul Begg is the author of Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History (Longman 2004) and two other highly respected books about Jack the Ripper. He is also the author of Into Thin Air (1981), which included a chapter about the Mary Celeste and wrote extensively for The Unexplained, a part-work to which he contributed an article about Mary Celeste. He has appeared on a Channel 5 documentary about the discovery of the mystery ship's wreckage.