| Captain Alatriste Contributor(s): Perez-Reverte, Arturo (Author), Peden, Margaret Sayers (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0452287111 ISBN-13: 9780452287112 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 Annotation: A fictional 17th-century Spanish swordsman's instruction to frighten two travelers becomes a murder-for-hire. What happens next is only the first in a series of riveting twists and turns, with implications that will reverberate throughout the courts of Europe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Historical - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Captain Alatriste |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.42" W x 7.96" (0.55 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first action-packed historical adventure in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series, featuring a Spanish soldier who lives as a swordsman-for-hire in 17th century Madrid. Needing gold to pay off his debts, Captain 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'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... |