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Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea
Mary Celeste The Greatest Mystery of the Sea Author:Paul Begg In 1872 the 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. — Mary Celeste quickly became the subject of stories that told of half-eaten meals, mugs of still-warm tea on the galley table, and the aroma of f... more »resh tobacco smoke lingering in the captain’s cabin. Theories to account for the missing crew ranged from mutiny and murder to a giant octopus snatching the crew one by one from the deck, abduction by UFOs and the strange forces said to exist in the so-called Bermuda Triangle.
In this gripping narrative, Paul Begg tells the story of the discovery of Mary Celeste, the people who vanished and the recent discovery of the wreckage. He investigates over a century’s worth of speculation and survivors’ tales, searching for the facts behind one of the world’s great mysteries. The book also features the full text of Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story and the transcript of the Gibraltar proceedings. New to this edition is a fascinating account of the filming of 'The Ghost Ship', a Hammer Films production of the mystery starring Bela Lugosi.« less