La reina de los mares del sur
Torras de Ugarte, Javier
More than five hundred years ago, in 1519, food shortages and disease ravaged Spain while Magellan began the voyages that would be the starting point for the apogee and Spanish domination of the South Sea. Years later, when the race to conquer the unknown reached its peak, the navigator Álvaro de Mendaña died during the journey, leaving his crew without a general. It will be then when her wife, Isabel Barreto, decides to take charge and reconquer the places that her husband had discovered during her lifetime. From Pontevedra to the South Seas, Isabel faced wind, tide and the prejudices of the time, but nothing could stop her ambition to write her own future. With his unparalleled ability to turn history into an adventure, in this novel Javier Torras de Ugarte tells us the real life of the first woman to hold the title of admiral and advanced officer of the Ocean Sea, as well as general of the naval expedition and governor of the places founded under his dominion. But beyond any title, this is the story of an extraordinary woman who, to become Queen of the South Seas, first had to take control of her destiny.
- Author
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Torras de Ugarte, Javier
- Subject
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Literature
> Spanish narrative 20th-21st cent.
- Genre
- Historical >
- EAN
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9788466672825
- ISBN
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978-84-666-7282-5
- Edition
- 1
- Publisher
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Ediciones B
- Pages
- 544
- High
- 24.0 cm
- Weight
- 16.0 cm
- Release date
- 20-10-2022
- Language
- Spanish
- Series
- Histórica