Bibliograph

Captain Alatriste, by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden

Type

Label

Captain Alatriste, by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Captain Alatriste

Responsibility statement

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden

Series statement

Captain Alatriste series, 1

Summary

The novels of Arturo Pérez-Reverte have captivated readers around the world and earned him a reputation as “the master of the intellectual thriller” (Chicago Tribune). His books have been published in fifty countries. Now, beginning with Captain Alatriste, comes Pérez-Reverte<U+2019>s most stunning creation to date: a riveting series featuring the adventures of an iconic hero. Captain Alatriste is the story of a fictional seventeenth-century Spanish soldier who lives as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid. Needing gold to pay off his debts, Alatriste and another hired blade are paid to ambush two travelers, stage a robbery, and give the travelers a fright. “No blood,” they are told. Then a mysterious stranger enters to clarify the job: he increases the pay, and tells Alatriste that, instead, he must murder the two travelers. When the attack unfolds, Alatriste realizes that these aren<U+2019>t ordinary travelers, and what happens next is only the first in a riveting series of twists and turns, with implications that will reverberate throughout the courts of Europe

Target audience

adult

Classification