Joseph Conrad
A British author.
Nostromo
Title character is entrusted to watch a silver mine in Costaguana by Charles Gould, or the King of Sulaco. The country is run by dictator Don Vinciente Ribeiro. Charles brings his wife Dona Emilia. General Montero leads a coup. He is sent to save journalist Martin Decoud. Their ship is sunk by Colonel Sotillo. The Occidental republic is formed. Nostromo decides to keep the buried silver from the ship. He marries a Viola daughter, but is shot by their father.