La goleta Nutmeg

Resumen del libro

Fiel a su espíritu de reproducir los entresijos de la historia, O Brian logró en esta obra una de sus novelas más arrebatadoras. Si al final de "Trece salvas de honor", los tripulantes de la "Diane" habían logrado arribar a una isla desierta al naufragar la embarcación, en esta nueva entrega de la serie sus tripulantes deben repeler un salvaje ataque pirata y desembarazarse de una poderosa fragata francesa de cincuenta cañones, la Cornélie. Esto unido a la extraordinaria reproducción de una época y de las duras condiciones de vida en los penales de Nueva Gales del Sur, Australia, hacen de esta novela una apasionante nueva aventura.

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.