Great sea disasters and fiction are firm friends. The Mary Celeste, discovered adrift in the Atlantic on 4 December 1872, has the peculiar distinction that its fictional counterpart, the Marie Celeste of a young Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story “J Habakuk Jephson’s Statement” has become the “correct” spelling. Virtually unknown in the west is the… Continue reading #OTD 4 December – Lies and cherry pies