Author: Gerardo Olivares James
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Russia, 1803. Count Nicolái Rezánov began the first Russian expedition around the world to promote the project of the Russian-American Company of skins, and to settle into the California coast. There he meets the warden of the royal prison of San Francisco and his daughter, who he begins a love story with. / En la Rusia de 1803 el carismático conde Nicolái Rezánov, inicia la primera expedición rusa alrededor del mundo desde Kronshtadt con el objetivo de impulsar el proyecto de la Compañía Ruso-Americana de pieles e instalarse en las costas de California. En aquel momento, la Nueva España llegaba a San Francisco y a las misiones de San Rafael y Sonoma. Uno de los objetivos del conde era inspeccionar la América rusa, o sea, las colonias rusas en las costas de Alaska, encontrando que los colonos rusos se encontraban en una situación desastrosa y precaria. Por lo que decide viajar a California, con la esperanza de comprar sobre todo grano, imposible de producir en las duras condiciones climáticas de Alaska. Allí conoce al alcaide del real presidio de San Francisco, José Darío Argüello, que le ayudaría en sus negocios y sus aspiraciones para consolidar en el futuro los intercambios comerciales entre la América rusa y la California española. Con el alcaide vivía su hija “Conchita”, que cautivó el corazón de Rezanov, iniciando una historia de amor que pudo cambiar la historia de Rusia, España y Estados Unidos.
Pages: 400
Imprint: Almuzara
Format: Paperback
Collection: Novela Histórica
BISAC Code: FIC014000
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