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About Arturo Perez-Reverte
See more books from this AuthorThe first of a projected five historicals from Pérez-Reverte (The Queen of the South, 2004, etc.) about the dashing fighter and gallant Alatriste.
May 20 2010 | Read Full Review of Captain AlatristeThis translation introduces to American audiences the swashbuckling hero of a string of neo-Dumas adventure novels by the Spanish writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
Apr 28 2005 | Read Full Review of Captain AlatristeAlatriste, who still bears an old wound from his service in Flanders, sends Íñigo to find a priest for a man he has just felled, his shoulder "shattered … [with] splinters of his clavicle … protruding from the wound", and finds himself "arms heavy as lead … blinded by blood" only a paragraph or t...
Aug 11 2011 | Read Full Review of Captain AlatristeA marvelous swashbuckling, yet poetic picture of Madrid in Spain's Golden era.
Jul 14 2006 | Read Full Review of Captain AlatristeCaptain Alatriste's code of honor endangers him when he refuses to complete an assassination in 17th century Madrid.
Dec 12 2009 | Read Full Review of Captain Alatriste ... A book review of the large print edition of Captain Alatriste, by Arturo Pérez-
Reverte. A fast paced swashbuckling adventure, set in 17th century ...
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