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"La relación [entre Aubrey y Maturin]... es lo mejor a flote.... Para el poder conradiano de la descripción y la pura emoción no hay nada en la ficción naval para vencer la persecución severa como el leopardo superado en armas se tambalea a través de las olas de montaña en latitudes heladas para escapar de los setenta y cuatro holandeses." —Stephen Vaughan, ObservadorComisionado para rescatar al gobernador Bligh de la fama de Bounty, el capitán Jack Aubrey y su amigo y cirujano Stephen Maturin navegan el Leopard a Australia con un retén lleno de convictos. Entre ellos hay un espía hermoso y peligroso, y una enfermedad traicionera que diezma a la tripulación. Con un hombre de guerra holandés a barlovento, el leopardo descarnado y con armas de fuego navega por su vida hacia las gélidas aguas de la Antártida, donde, en los mares de montaña, el holandés cierra.
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About Patrick O'Brian
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.
About Martin Untrojb
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.