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Mary Celeste is one of the greatest maritime and historical mysteries of it time. Found floating, crewless in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean in 1872, the last entry into the Captain's logs gave no indication of anything untoward happening. Who were the crew of the Mary Celeste and what happened to them?
"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
In 1872 the brigantine 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.
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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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Somewhat disappointing,
By Spirit of Redemption (Hopewell Junction, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea (Paperback)
Maybe because I expected this book to delve into the legend or mythical aspects of the Mary Celeste more than it did, but either way I felt the book was a let down. It is very dry and is hard to keep reading it, especially once you realize there isn't going to be any big concluding chapter delving into other theories, including supernatural ones. I've read some of Begg's other work, being greatly interested in Jack the Ripper, and that is what drove me to this book. I definitely was expecting a little more.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
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This review is from: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea (Paperback)
This is one of the more disappointing books I have read in the last few years. I don't know if it was just because I was disappointed in the authors take on the solution to the mystery or what was / and wasn't included in this book. I think it wasn't very far into the book where you read the author's conclusion & then you read some other dry history surrounding the Mary Celeste & other possible solutions to the mystery. It just didn't grip me like I hoped it would.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book on the "Mary Celeste".,
By F S Frederick (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea (Hardcover)
This is an excellent telling of the mystery of the "Mary Celeste. Mr. Begg does not attempt to solve the mystery of the ship's abandonment; there was very probably a very mundane reason that the "Mary Celeste" was abandoned, but as nobody survived, we will never know why.
Minor points of criticism: In the chapter on other mysteriously abandoned ships, the author does not mention the Pacific Ocean's equivalent, the "Joyita" in late 1955. The dust jacket picture (which the author probably had nothing to do with). It shows a four-masted square-rigged ship. The "Mary Celeste" had two masts. The foremast was square-rigged, and the mainmast was lateen-rigged.
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