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The Nautical Chart
by Perez- Reverte, Arturo
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0151005346
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005345
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About This Item
USA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001. First US Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First U.S.Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden. An adventurous sea tale of a search for the "Dei Gloria", a Jesuit ship sunk by pirates in the 17th century off the southern coast of Spain. A seaman, Coy, has time on his hands and so decides to go to an auction where he meets and falls for Tanger Soto, a lady obsessed with finding this ship which she thinks contains a treasure. She plots a course with Coy and other seaman to find this treasury. Romance,mystery, adventure from Arturo Perez-Reverte. Handsome binding of spotless gold boards with black titles - no marks, no edgewear, solid, tight and square with sharp corners. 466 pages. 6.5 x 9.25 inches. 2001, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, USA
Synopsis
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
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023511
- Title
- The Nautical Chart
- Author
- Perez- Reverte, Arturo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151005346
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005345
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- THRILLER LITERARY MYSTERY BARCELONA, SPAIN THE SEA TREASURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, British & Other Countries;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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