Synopses & Reviews
Coy is a suspended sailor with time on his hands, a mariner without a ship. While attending a maritime auction in Barcelona, he meets a beautiful woman who immediately captures his imagination. Tánger Soto, who works for the Naval Museum in Madrid, is obsessed with the Dei Gloria, a Jesuit ship sunk by pirates in the seventeenth century, and now-she hopes-resting on the bottom of the sea off the southern coast of Spain. Tánger uses her considerable manipulative skills with men and her expertise with documents, atlases, and nautical maps to chart the search for lost treasure. Coy is quickly drawn into the search, and before long finds himself falling in love. Along with El Piloto, the world-wise old man of the sea whose sailboat will carry this adventurous crew, they seek their fortune together. Or do they?
As these lively characters follow the course of past sailors, their own journey becomes perilous. Are there secrets dwelling in the depths of the sea? And what of the depths of the heart? This highly intelligent and meticulously plotted novel combines the richness of atmosphere we have come to expect from Pérez-Reverte with the romance and mystery of the sea found in the novels of Melville, Conrad, and O'Brian. An unforgettable adventure.
"The master of the intellectual thriller."--San Francisco Chronicle
Review
PRAISE FOR THE FENCING MASTER"[Párez-Reverte] has a deft way with a sword fight, and there are duels here as swashbuckling as anything in The Mask of Zorro."
--The New York Times Book Review
"A smart, literate novel with suspense and a great puzzle, this is hard to beat."
--The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
PRAISE FOR THE SEVILLE COMMUNION
"One of those infrequent whodunits that transcend the genre . . . Page-turning pace and vivid characters." --Time
"Spain's bestselling author weaves an indelible tale of love, faith and greed that will keep readers shouting olé!" --People
"Dramatic extravagance . . . Párez-Reverte writes with narrative economy, a sharp eye for telling detail and a feel for history. . . . Good fun." --The New York Times Book Review
PRAISE FOR THE FLANDERS PANEL
"Párez-Reverte is a master storyteller. His story within a story is fascinating in its detail. His characters become so lifelike that they feel like old friends. And the plot is refreshingly creative." --San Francisco Examiner
Review
PRAISE FOR THE NAUTICAL CHART
“A work whose intentional, delicious, and old-fashioned blurring of
the distinction between high literature and pop entertainment entitles
it to a space of its own in that library—and in yours.”
—NEW YORK MAGAZINE
Review
PRAISE FOR
THE NAUTICAL CHART"Engrossing and beautiful . . . Exceptional." --New York Magazine
"What a lovely, well-rounded and distinctive novel to lure us from troubled shores." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Arturo Pérez-Reverte has established himself as the master of the intellectual thriller, a reputation again confirmed with The Nautical Chart."--Chicago Tribune
PRAISE FOR THE FENCING MASTER
"[Pérez-Reverte] has a deft way with a sword fight, and there are duels here as swashbuckling as anything in The Mask of Zorro."--The New York Times Book Review
"A smart, literate novel with suspense and a great puzzle, this is hard to beat."--The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
PRAISE FOR THE SEVILLE COMMUNION
"One of those infrequent whodunits that transcend the genre . . . Page-turning pace and vivid characters."--Time
"Spain's bestselling author weaves an indelible tale of love, faith and greed that will keep readers shouting olé!"--People
Synopsis
Coy is a sailor without a ship.Tánger Soto is a woman with an obsession to find the Dei Gloria, a ship sunk during the seventeenth century, and El Piloto is an old man with the sailboat on which all three set out to seek their fortune together. Or do they?
Synopsis
Coy is a suspended sailor without a ship. At an auction in Barcelona, he meets a beautiful woman obsessed with the
Dei Gloria, a Jesuit ship sunk by pirates in the seventeenth century. Tánger uses her considerable skills with men and her expertise with atlases and nautical maps to search for the ship's rumored lost treasure. Coy is quickly drawn into the search, and finds himself falling in love as they seek their fortune together. Or do they?
Their journey becomes dangerous. Does the treasure really exist? Are there secrets dwelling in the depths of the sea? And what of the depths of the heart? This suspensefully plotted novel combines the richness of atmosphere we have come to expect from Arturo Pérez-Reverte with the addictive romance and mystery of the sea. A riveting read, it is an unforgettable adventure.
About the Author
Arturo Pérez-Reverte is the internationally acclaimed author of The Fencing Master, The Seville Communion, and The Flanders Panel. Translated into nineteen languages in thirty countries, his books have sold more than three million copies worldwide. He is a well-known newspaper columnist and worked as a television journalist before becoming one of the world's most widely read and best-loved writers. He was born in 1951 in Spain where he still makes his home.
Table of Contents
Contents
Lot 307
The Trafalgar Showcase
The Lost Ship
Latitude and Longitude
Zero Meridian
Of Knights and Knaves
Ahab's Doubloon
The Reckoning Point
Forecastle Women
The Coast of the Corsairs
The Sargasso Sea
Southwest Quarter to South
The Master Cartographer
The Mystery of the Green Lobsters
The Devil's Irises
The Graveyard of Ships With No Name