The King's Gold (Adventures of Captain Alatriste 4) - Hardcover

Perez-Reverte, Arturo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297852477 ISBN 13: 9780297852476

Publisher: W&N, 2008

Synopsis

The year is 1626, and a battle-weary Captain Alatriste and his companions sail home from the on-going war in Flanders. He returns to a Spain that is rotten to the core, as gold from the Americas floods into the port of Seville, brought by the country's infamous treasure fleet.

As various factions within the Court vie for supremacy, certain interests are creaming off undeclared profits from the galleons' cargo, thus depriving the royal treasury of its lifeblood. Indeed some of the booty is finding its way into the hands of the same rebel provinces Spain is fighting to suppress. The King and his most trusted advisor, the Count-Duke Olivares, have become aware of one such plot and have decided to teach the perpetrator a lesson. Once more, they must call upon Captain Alatriste's blade in a dangerous adventure that will bring the captain face to face with his nemesis, and with a ruthless man who has designs on the throneæ

About this title

Review:

Very much in the vein of The Three Musketeers, and now a film to boot (SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY)

His trick is updating the morality of 19th-century swashbucklers for modern readers (Jeremy Jehu DAILY TELEGRAPH)

descriptions of the sordid streets and underworld of Seville.. are well done, and the climactic capture of the ship is a fine piece of action (John Spurling SUNDAY TIMES)

definitely in the Ivanhoe camp, with just enough worldliness and cynicism to entive a sophisticated readership (Adam Mars-Jones THE OBSERVER)

Book Description:

Captain Alatriste becomes involved in a mission to save the King of Spain's gold...

About this edition

• Publisher: W&N
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0297852477
• ISBN 13: 9780297852476
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256