by Patrick O'Brian · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788435006644
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«Contra viento y marea» is Patrick O'Brian's naval adventure novel, published by Edhasa in hardcover (360 pages, in Spanish).
Peter Palafox, son of an Irish pastor, ships as a cadet on the Centurion. Two years at sea bring him fevers, storms off Cape Horn and the waters of the Antilles, as well as lessons in discipline, friendship and solidarity. A work between the coming-of-age novel and the adventure novel, with Patrick O'Brian's narrative force.
First installment of Patrick O'Brian's Golden Ocean series. Translated by Aleida Lama Montes de Oca. Belongs to Edhasa's Narrativas Históricas collection.
For readers of historical and naval adventure fiction, both followers of Patrick O'Brian and those approaching his work for the first time.
Patrick O'Brian, born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series. These sea novels are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centre 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.
