El puerto de la traición

Resumen del libro

Aubrey y Maturin se encuentran en Malta a la espera de embarcarse y de que reparen la "Surprise", mientras los servicios franceses los vigilan. Allí conocen a la Sra. Fielding, cuyo marido está preso en Francia, y es obligada a actuar como agente secreto de los franceses. Maturin la descubre y la ayuda, sin comentarle que, cree que la vida de ella está en peligro y su marido debe estar muerto, ya que las últimas cartas que ha recibido de él son falsificaciones. Maturin ideará un plan para proteger a la Sra. Fielding y a su vez desenmascarar al espía francés que tienen infiltrado.
Finalmente Jack Aubrey, tras una misión frustrada, recibirá la orden de llevar a la "Surprise" a Londres, en su último viaje.

Biografía del autor

Patrick O'Brian, CBE born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey Maturin series of sea novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and centred on the friendship of the English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish Catalan physician Stephen Maturin. The 20-novel series, the first of which is Master and Commander, is known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century life, as well as its authentic and evocative language. A partially finished 21st novel in the series was published posthumously containing facing pages of handwriting and typescript.<br><br>O'Brian wrote a number of other novels and short stories, most of which were published before he achieved success with the Aubrey Maturin series. He also translated works from French to English, and wrote two biographies.