La goleta Nutmeg

Resumen del libro

Los tripulantes de la Diane habían logrado arribar a una isla desierta al naufragar la embarcación, y en esta nueva entrega de la serie Aubrey y Maturin deben repeler un salvaje ataque pirata. Cuando por fin logran abandonar la isla se hacen con una maltrecha goleta holandesa y se dirigen al encuentro de la Surprise, pero antes deben desembarazarse de una poderosa fragata francesa de cincuenta cañones, la Cornélie. Sin embargo, su estancia en Nueva Gales del Sur les descubre las brutales condiciones de vida en los penales británicos. La novela más movida de la serie hasta el momento.

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.