Patrick O’Brian was born in 1914 and published his first book, Caesar, when he was only fifteen. In the 1960s he began work on the idea that, over the next four decades, evolved into the twenty-novel long Aubrey–Maturin series (with an extra unfinished volume published posthumously). In 1995 he was awarded the CBE, and in 1997 he received an honorary doctorate of letters from Trinity College, Dublin. He died in January 2000 at the age of 85.
En abril de 1800, Gran Bretaña, aún imbatida, sigue luchando con denuedo contra el expansionismo de Napoleón. Una noche, durante una velada musical en casa del gobernador inglés en Puerto Mahón, un irlandés de origen catalán asesta un codazo a un teniente de navío que, junto a él,...
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