Purity of Blood - Hardcover

Perez-Reverte, Arturo; Peden, Margaret Sayers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399153209 ISBN 13: 9780399153204

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 2006

Synopsis

Hired to rescue a man's daughter from a convent where a powerful corrupt priest is forcing her to be his personal concubine, Alatriste finds himself thrust into a religious and political conspiracy with ties to the highest levels of the Inquisition. 80,000 first printing.

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Review:

The Purity of Blood is the latest in a line of utterly unputdownable novels by Arturo Perez-Reverte in which he has finessed a storytelling tradition stretching back to his great literary predecessors...This latest book is brimming with all the panache of previous novels by the writer and with even more confidence...This is glorious stuff, the kind of book to remind us how exhilarating old-fashioned adventure writing can be. (Barry Forshaw EXPRESS (13.1.06))

This is fiction that can be enjoyed on several levels: as a poignant evocation of doomed imperial splendour; as a clever literary game in which historical and invented figures rub shoulders; as a parable about racism past and present; or as a simple tale of swashbuckling derring-do. (John Dugdale SUNDAY TIMES (15.1.06))

¿Intelligent exciting historical swashbucklers¿With writing rich in the minutiae of 17th-century Madrid life and interspersed with poetry, the author is clearly having a ball and the reader can join with him¿ (WATERSTONES BOOKS QUARTERLY)

The plot moves quickly...Perez-Reverte is...engaged with the theme of religious fanaticism, providing vivid depictions of the Inquisition and its public theatre of auto-de-fe (Michael Saler TLS (20.1.06))

The book is full of vivd scenes bringing to life 17th century Spain, its deadly political in-fighting, its braggadocio and the ever-present threat of war. (Susanna Yager SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (29.1.06))

Perez-Reverte is at his most skilful when he narrates the swordfights and physical confrontations that occupy much of our swashbuckling hero's waking hours. He is knowledgeable and convinicing in his evocation of those earlier darkers times...His novels are fine examples of historical writing for a mass audience, and that is his most important achievement. (Mike Gonzalez THE HERALD (11.2.06))

Book Description:

'A powerful cross between Zorro and D'Artagnan...this should be massive' Bookseller

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0399153209
• ISBN 13: 9780399153204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 267