Es el amanecer del siglo XIX; Gran Bretaña está en guerra con la Francia de Napoleón. Jack Aubrey, un joven teniente de la marina de Nelson, es ascendido al mando de H.M.S. Sophie?, un viejo y lento calabozo que es poco probable que haga su fortuna. Pero el capitán Aubrey es un marinero valiente y talentoso, su sed de aventura y victoria inmensa.Con la ayuda de su amigo Stephen Maturin, cirujano de la nave y agente de inteligencia secreto, Aubrey y su tripulación participan en una emocionante batalla tras otra, su viaje culminó en un impresionante choque con una poderosa fragata española contra cuyas armas y mano de obra la pequeña Sophie es irremediablemente superada.
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Patrick O’Brian (1914–2000), a translator and author of biographies, was best known as the author of the highly acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin series of historical novels. Set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars ,this twenty-volume series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician and spy Stephen Maturin. The Far Side of the World, the tenth book in the series, was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The film was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture. He wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso and Sir Joseph Banks. He also translated many works from the French, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Lacouture’s biographies of Charles de Gaulle.