The action of one of the best adventure novels of the famous English writer unfolds against the backdrop of the era of great geographical discoveries and conquests. The narrator, he is the main character of the story, the British nobleman Thomas Wingfield, transfers the reader during his youth, filled with passions, battles and incredible adventures on two continents.
Loosing to avenge the death of his mother, Thomas sets off after her murderer, the Spaniard Juan de Garcia. This first leads him to Seville, full of diplomatic secrets, political intrigues and night fights, and then on board the ship following the New World. In this swimming, the hero also will not have to get bored, and in the vastness of the Earth not yet conquered by the Spaniards, difficult trials, risky adventures and amazing treasures of the mysterious country of the Aztecs are waiting for him.
Author
Haggard Henry Ryder
Translator
Mendeldens F. L.
Publisher
ABC, 2022
Series
World classics
Genre
Foreign adventure literature
16+
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