by John Steinbeck · Comunicación y Publicaciones. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788498152548
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«La taza de oro» is the historical novel by John Steinbeck, published by El País in hardcover (223 pages, in Spanish).
John Steinbeck narrates the life of Henry Morgan, who from the age of fifteen dreams of becoming a buccaneer, winning fame and fortune, and taking a Spanish city. After triumphing in the Caribbean, the solitary Morgan becomes obsessed with the Santa Roja, a veiled woman no pirate has seen, and to conquer her he decides to assault Panama, the cup of gold.
Novel originally published as Cup of Gold in 1929. Edition from El País's Novela Histórica collection.
For readers of historical and adventure fiction, especially those interested in the 17th-century pirate Caribbean.
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters". One of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. He was also an independent journalist and war correspondent during World War II and the Vietnam War.
