by John Steinbeck · Edhasa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788435099783
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«La taza de oro» is the historical novel by John Steinbeck, published by Edhasa in paperback (228 pages, in Spanish).
The novel recreates the life of buccaneer Henry Morgan (1635-1688): his youth as a captain, the expedition that seized the island of Providence from the Spanish, his collaboration with the governor of Jamaica, and the conquest of Panama, the «Taza de Oro». Steinbeck paints a portrait of the pirate marked by ambition, in a world of betrayal and violence.
The full subtitle is «vida de sir Henry Morgan, bucanero, con ocasionales referencias a la historia». The work was originally published in 1929 as «Cup of Gold».
Suitable for readers aged 12 and up, especially those seeking pirate adventures and classic historical fiction.
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.
