Arturo Perez-Reverte "The Nautical Chart."

A Novel of Adventure

This is an intriguing story about a search for a Spanish cargo ship and the treasure that it carried when it was sunk off the southeast coast of Spain during combat engagement in 1767. The search takes place two and a half centuries later.

The story has suspense and some historical information involvement religious problems in Spain in the eighteenth century. Lost treasure, love, and betrayal on the high seas - an extraordinary new novel by the master of mystery and suspense. 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.

Paperback. 2002.

New book. Light crease on back cover, and light shelf wear. Slightly yellowing edges of pages.