by Bruce Alexander · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401471537
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«Sórdido honor» is the historical mystery novel by Bruce Alexander, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (368 pages, in Spanish).
In eighteenth-century London, the arrival of the frigate Adventure stirs ill omens: among the crew circulate rumours of mutiny, of the captain's strange death, and of a pledge of silence binding officers and sailors. A friend asks Sir John Fielding to investigate the case at a court-martial.
Third novel in the Sir John Fielding series. Translated by Matuca Fernández de Villavicencio; original title: Watery Grave.
For fans of historical mystery fiction and period legal dramas.
Alexander Bruce (1854–1911) was a Scottish surgeon, neurologist and editor and publisher of The Review of Neurology and Psychiatry. He was an early advocate of the now largely discredited use of electrotherapy in the treatment of mental health disorders.
