The enthralling story of a famous eighteenth-century shipwreck - and what happened to the survivors. The Grosvenor was one of the finest East Indiamen of her day, a grand three-masted square-rigger of 741 tons bristling with cannon. When she ran aground on the treacherous coast of south-east Africa, the castaways found themselves utterly ignorant of their surroundings and the local people. Stephen Taylor pieces together the extraordinary tale of what happened next. He reveals the misunderstandings that led to tragedy, tells the story of those who escaped, and unravels the mystery of those who stayed.