{"product_id":"captains-dinner","title":"Captain's Dinner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour men in a lifeboat. Two weeks without food. One impossible choice that would reshape the boundaries between survival and murder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn May 19, 1884, the yacht \u003ci\u003eMignonette\u003c\/i\u003e sailed from England on what should have been an uneventful voyage. When their vessel sank in the Atlantic, Captain Dudley and his crew found themselves adrift in a tiny lifeboat. As days turned to weeks, they faced an unthinkable choice: starve or resort to cannibalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir decision to sacrifice the 17-year-old cabin boy Richard Parker ignited a firestorm of controversy. Instead of being hailed as heroes and survivors, Dudley and his crew found themselves at the center of Regina v. Dudley and Stephens, a landmark murder trial that would establish the legal precedent that necessity cannot justify murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCaptain's Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed journalist, Pulitzer Prize juror, and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Adam Cohen masterfully depicts both the harrowing weeks at sea and the sensational trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Wager\u003c\/i\u003e and Nathaniel Philbrick's \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, this pulse-pounding true story has become a real-life example of one of life's greatest moral dilemmas. 'Brilliant and profound,' (bestselling author Amy Chua), \u003ci\u003eCaptain's Dinner\u003c\/i\u003e strikes at the heart of a question that haunts us all: When does survival justify murder?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bedford Square Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48783610085533,"sku":"9781835016220","price":86.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/captains-dinner","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}