Overview
La historia del rey Zibeline sigue los pasos de August Benyovszky, uno de los grandes aventureros del siglo XVIII. Aristócrata polaco nacido en 1746, Benyovszky fue soldado, convicto fugado, navegante, explorador, líder expedicionario y, finalmente, rey de Madagascar. Criado en el sombrío castillo paterno y educado por un tutor francés imbuido de las ideas de la Ilustración, es capturado por los cosacos y enviado a Siberia. Allí conoce a Aphanasie, una joven decidida a huir de la soledad de Kamchatka. Juntos emprenden una cadena de aventuras extraordinarias que los llevará a Alaska, Japón, China, Francia, Madagascar y Estados Unidos. Con esta novela vibrante y ambiciosa, Jean-Christophe Rufin —premio Goncourt— nos transporta a otros mundos y otros tiempos, explorando con maestría las contradicciones del ser humano.
The story of King Zibeline retraces the extraordinary life of August Benyovszky, one of the great adventurers of the eighteenth century. A Polish aristocrat born in 1746, Benyovszky was a soldier, an escaped convict, a sailor, an explorer, an expedition leader—and ultimately, king of Madagascar. Raised in his father’s gloomy castle and educated by a French tutor steeped in Enlightenment ideals, he is captured by Cossacks and exiled to Siberia. There he meets Aphanasie, a young woman determined to escape the solitude of Kamchatka. Together they embark on a series of extraordinary adventures that take them to Alaska, Japan, China, France, Madagascar, and the United States. With this vibrant and ambitious novel, Jean-Christophe Rufin—winner of the Goncourt Prize—transports us to other worlds and other times, masterfully exploring the contradictions of human nature.
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