Many dangerous adventures befall the hero of the novel, Nicholas Bovalle: duels with swords, sparkling verbal duels, dizzying races on a hot horse, persecution, intrigue - and also love for the beautiful Dona Dominica, the daughter of a noble Spanish nobleman from Santiago, with whom the gentleman pirate met on the high seas.***The beautiful Dona Dominica, the daughter of a noble Spanish nobleman from Santiago, while sailing on the galleon Santa Maria, met the famous filibuster Baron Nicholas Bovalle. A brave Englishman saved the galleon from an attack by a warship and delivered the girl to her homeland. However, Bovalle's heart turned out to be so ardent that he decided to find Doña Dominica and marry her. And now the filibuster faces a dangerous journey to Spain, because there is a large reward on his head...