{"product_id":"9780750998154-the-mysterious-case-of-the-mary-celeste","title":"The Mysterious Case of the Mary Celeste","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e150 Years of Myth and Mystique\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn annotated anthology of the 150-year legacy of fact, fiction and ‘fake news’ surrounding the mysterious abandonment of the brigantine \u003ci\u003eMary Celeste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 December 1872: The brigantine \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDei Gratia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e chances upon another brigantine out on the Atlantic near the Azores. She is the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Celeste\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. She is under sail. But she is deserted. Silent as a drowned cadaver.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 150 years since then, the mystery of why the \u003ci\u003eMary Celeste\u003c\/i\u003e was abandoned, and what happened to the ten souls on board, has spawned thousands of conjectures, conspiracy theories, fictions and fantasies. Some have thought they solved the mystery. Some have just spun yarns. One, at least, has claimed it was all a hoax.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Case of the Mary Celeste: 150 Years of Myth and Mystique \u003c\/i\u003eunveils those stories – the ‘fake news’, ‘alternative facts’ and the myths fabricated from fractured truths. These are the real facts in search of a truth that remains unfathomable to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451425206646,"sku":"9780750998154","price":12.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_30106032.jpg?v=1760462485","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780750998154-the-mysterious-case-of-the-mary-celeste","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}