Synopsis Swords clank, passions flair, villains scheme, and the good guys usually get the girls--and all the trouble that comes with--in Arturo Perez-Reverte's 17th-century Spanish adventure series. Captain Diego Alatriste might earn his bread by his sword, but his heart is tender and loyal, so when he inadvertently gets mixed up in a royal assassination attempt, Alatriste--along with his sidekick the feckless Inigo--must set things straight. Meanwhile political intrigue and romantic affairs constantly threaten to get the gallant pair in even more trouble.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2009-09-03 |
| Size | | Length: | 369 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.5 in | | Weight: | 17.6 oz |
Publisher's Note Struggling to fit into the cosmopolitan world of seventeenth-century Madrid, Captain Alatriste and his protTgT, -±igo, reluctantly remain in the employ of the crown for their unique services but find their prospects compromised by their love affairs and a court conspiracy. By the best-selling author of The Queen of the South.
Struggling to fit into the cosmopolitan world of seventeenth-century Madrid, Captain Alatriste and his protege,Inigo, reluctantly remain in the employ of the crown for their unique services but find their prospects compromised by their love affairs and a court conspiracy. By the best-selling author of The Queen of the South.
Industry Reviews "Perez-Reverte supplies a dizzying amount of action with a tantalizing dose of passion thrown in for good measure....Seventeenth-century Madrid has never been portrayed with such verve and dash." (07/01/2009)
"It's elegantly written and filled with thrilling swordplay and hairbreadth escapes--escapist books don't get much better than this." (07/06/2009)
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