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Diretta in Perù per una missione di spionaggio, la Surprise del capitano Jack Aubrey si ritrova all’inseguimento della fregata americana Franklin. Filando di bolina stretta su un mare dai cupi toni viola, le due navi corsare si cannoneggiano ogni volta che sono a tiro finché una notte, sotto una pioggia torrenziale, la Surprise subisce un attacco violentissimo, esplosioni ravvicinate che seminano morte e disalberano la nave. Solo all’alba si capisce la vera causa del disastro: un’eruzione sottomarina che ha fatto sorgere dall’oceano sconvolto un isolotto di rocce nere e ha ridotto la Franklin in condizioni pietose, uccidendone persino il comandante. Il proprietario della nave, Monsieur Dutourd, si arrende a Aubrey e viene «ospitato» sulla Surprise. Uomo colto e raffinato, il francese è un ammiratore di Rousseau, ma più che dai suoi discorsi libertari, che irritano Aubrey poiché minano la rigida gerarchia navale, il pericolo principale è rappresentato dai suoi ricordi: ha già incontrato Stephen Maturin, chirurgo di bordo nonché immancabile compagno di avventure di Aubrey, e questo rischia di far saltare la copertura di Maturin come agente del Servizio d’informazioni britannico. Così, quando Stephen viene fatto sbarcare a Callao per prendere contatto con gli altri agenti e fomentare la rivolta dell’esercito contro il viceré spagnolo, è con estrema angoscia che Jack scopre che Dutourd è sparito. Ha quindi inizio una corsa contro il tempo, perché a rischio non è solo l’esito della missione, ma la vita dello stesso Maturin...
- ISBN: 8830419826
- Casa Editrice: Longanesi
- Pagine: 317
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“And jealous now of me, you gods, because I befriend a man, one I saved as he straddled the keel alone, when Zeus had blasted and shattered his swift ship with a bright lightning bolt, out on the wine-dark sea.” —Homer, The Odyssey, Book V — "oínopa pónton" So, "wine-dark sea" is a phrase used quite a Leggi tutto
Taking out American privateers and snatching up prizes is all in a day's work for Captain Jack Aubrey! The Wine-Dark Sea moves the setting from Australia and the South Pacific on over to South America. This is a perfectly fine continuation of the series. If anything, it's the most O'Brian-esque book Leggi tutto
One of my favorite in the series yet. Imagine being in a sailing ship near an underwater volcano when it decided to erupt and push up to the surface! Ice bergs in the south sea at the tip of South America and a sea battle with an American Man of War and escaping by the skin of their teeth. Struck by Leggi tutto
Doctor Stephen Maturin, an intelligence agent of formidable powers, is dispatched to discomfit the Napoleonic French and their allies. With him comes his particular friend, naval captain Jack Aubrey. Each of them has some successes on this long voyage--Jack takes a truly ridiculous number of prizes- Leggi tutto
I quite enjoyed this volume which while full of the expected sea chases and exotic locales, also had a few unexpected surprises for me. Things literally start off with a bang as the Surprise’s chase of the American frigate Franklin is interrupted by the eruption of an undersea volcano, causing havoc Leggi tutto
The first book by O'Brian that I read -- or 12 pages anyway. Then I put the book down, went back to the bookstore and bought the first five books in his Aubrey/Maturin series. A whole new world of pleasure opened up fifteen years ago that still satisfies today. My favorite section of the book narrate Leggi tutto
Not to read a handful of the Aubry books is to miss visiting one of the most thoroughly realized and absorbing imaginary worlds in all of English literature. O'Brian may not be as essential to life as Shakespeare, but he makes life richer by far.
The one with Volcanoes and icebergs. Jack and Stephen get soundly mangled between the battles and the frostbite. Lots of chase and be chased. Plus, some intrigue in Peru, lots of cool animals for Stephen, and plenty of prize money.
4.5- so much fun even without understanding all the ship talk! In fact the ship talk is fun too because the vocabulary and particular manners expected between crew and captain are peculiar and strangely fascinating!! This was a book given me by my buddy in a book swap and I’m so glad!
A return to form, in most respects, largely occasioned by O'Brian's lighting on a new theme, one that bids fair to carry him through the rest of the series--at least I hope so. It's a bit surprising he hadn't hit on it before this, but for the first time in the series, the undercurrent to the Aubrey Leggi tutto
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