by Robert Graves · Edhasa · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440205759
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«Las islas de la imprudencia» is the historical novel by Robert Graves, published by Edhasa in hardback (342 pages, in Spanish).
It recreates the 16th-century Spanish expedition to the South Pacific led by Álvaro de Mendaña to discover and colonize new lands. Upon the general's death, his widow, Isabel Barreto, takes command of the fleet, a unique episode in naval history. Thus the Marquesas Islands and the South Solomons are discovered, amid ambition, courage, and dangers.
The translation is by Rubén Masera; this edition was published in 1984.
For readers of historical fiction and great naval adventures, with an interest in Spanish expansion across the Pacific.
Robert Ranke Graves, whose second name is sometimes given as von Ranke, was an English poet, novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology.
