by Ramón J. Sender · BRUGUERA: LIBRO AMIGO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402092601
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La aventura equinoccial de Lope de Aguirre is a historical novel by the Spanish writer Ramón J. Sender, published in 1982. The novel narrates the expedition of Lope de Aguirre through the Amazon in search of El Dorado. Aguirre, a Spanish conquistador, rebels against the Spanish Crown and proclaims himself king of Peru. The novel is a critique of Spanish colonialism and the excessive ambition of the conquistadors.
Ramón José Sender Garcés was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist. Several of his works were translated into English by the distinguished zoologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, including Seven Red Sundays , Mr Witt Among the Rebels and The War in Spain (Contraataque). He published articles in the Valencia-based Orto magazine between 1932 and 1934. During the Spanish Civil War Sender was among the contributors of El Mono Azul, a Republican literary magazine.
