Author(s): Stephen Taylor

History

The enthralling true story of a famous eighteenth-century shipwreck off the coast of Africa

When the Grosvenor ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa, an astonishing number of her crew and passengers, including women and children, reached the shore safely. But the castaways found themselves hundreds of miles from the nearest European outpost - and utterly ignorant of their surroundings and the people among whom they found themselves