by Wilbur Smith · EMECE. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478883653
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«Aves de presa» is the adventure novel by Wilbur Smith, published by Emecé in 1997 in hardback (510 pages, in Spanish).
Set in 1667, the novel follows Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal during the naval war between Holland and England, when they capture a galleon of the East India Company. Among the hostages are a colonial governor and his wife Katinka, whose ambition endangers the Courteney family. The work combines action at sea with a plot of pirates and conspiracies.
«Aves de presa» is the ninth instalment of the Courtney series. Translated by Edith Zilli, its original title is «Birds of Prey».
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and maritime adventures, as well as for followers of Wilbur Smith's Courtney saga.
Wilbur Addison Smith was a Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.
