Mignonette Tragedy: A True Story of Survival, Cannibalism, and a Murder Trial That Changed Legal History

The Mignonette Tragedy tells the unforgettable true story of a shipwreck that pushed four sailors beyond the limits of human endurance—and led to one of the most influential murder trials in legal history.In 1884, the yacht Mignonette sank in the remote Atlantic, leaving its captain and crew adrift in a tiny lifeboat with no food, no water, and no hope of rescue. As starvation and delirium set in,...