Captain Alatriste: A swashbuckling tale of action and adventure (The Adventures of Captain Alatriste) - Softcover

Perez-Reverte, Arturo

3.72

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9780297848585: Captain Alatriste: A swashbuckling tale of action and adventure (The Adventures of Captain Alatriste)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0297848585 ISBN 13: 9780297848585

Publisher: W&N, 2005

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Perez-Reverte wrote the Captain Alatriste series as a homage to the adventure books that had been his own initiation into the world of reading as a boy - books such as Dumas's The Three Musketeers.

Captain Alatriste is a swordsman for hire in Spain in the 1620s - a time when Court intrigue was high and the decadent young king had dragged the country into a series of disastrous wars. As a hired 'blade', Alatriste becomes involved in many political plots and must live by his wits. He comes face to face with hired assassins, court players, political moles, smugglers, pirates and of course, the infamous Spanish Inquisition...

All the stories are told by Inigo Balboa, Alatriste's young page. The cast of characters also includes Quevedo, an irrepressible subversive poet who likes to start fights in the local tavern, the kind-hearted innkeeper and ex-prostitute who shares Alatriste's bed, the elegant Count of Guadalmedina, and a whole host of underworld figures.

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Review:

The arrival of a new Alatriste book is always a joy... it's one to be devoured with passion... Highly recommended. (HAM & HIGH (30/6/06))

The cult of the renegade swordsman seems poised to increase... Ought to tickle the fancy of anyone who enjoys having their swashes buckled. (GUARDIAN (8/7/06))

Book Description:

A swashbuckling new adventure series starring the Spanish D'Artagnan - from international bestseller Arturo Perez-Reverte

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