Isla Desolacion

Resumen del libro

Jack Aubrey y Stephen Maturin reciben órdenes de dirigirse a unas costas poco conocidas, las de Australia, donde se enfrentarán a un mar embravecido y a una tormenta infernal. Su misión es rescatar a uno de los hombres más tristemente famosos de la historia naval inglesa, el gobernador Blight, de quien nadie ha olvidado su desafortunada intervención en el motín de la Bounty.

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.