Mary Celeste : The Greatest Mystery of the Sea - Paul Begg

Mary Celeste

The Greatest Mystery of the Sea

By: Paul Begg

Paperback | 8 December 2006 | Edition Number 3

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"Mary Celeste" is the world's most famous maritime mystery encouraging lively debate and widespread interest. Wreckage of the ship was found a couple of years ago - reawakening interest in the story No new book written on the subject for many years 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.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.
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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

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