In the current rather inhospitable environment for fiction, Captain Alatriste is like a bright Spanish flower. Written by Madrid-based Arturo Pérez-Reverte, has jumped the pond after years of ...

The roiling 17th-century Madrid of Captain Alatriste is “a place where a man had to fight for his life on a street corner lighted by the gleam of two blades.” It is a place fit for swashbuckling and ...

The Adventures of Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Phoenix, £6.99) The dashing Captain Alatriste is already a fictional celebrity in Spain. With the series becoming available in English and ...

The roiling 17th-century Madrid of “Captain Alatriste” is “a place where a man had to fight for his life on a street corner lighted by the gleam of two blades.” It is a place fit for swashbuckling and ...

Spain 17th century. Diego Alatriste, brave and heroic soldier, is fighting under his King's army in the Flandes region. His best mate, Balboa, falls in a trap and near to die ask to Diego, as his last ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... THE TAVERN OF THE TURK He was not the most honest or pious of men, but he was courageous. His name was Diego Alatriste y Tenorio, and he had fought in the ...

International bestseller Pérez-Reverte (The Club Dumas) offers a winning swashbuckler set in 17th-century Spain. Hooded figures, apparently acting on the behalf of Fray Emilio Bocanegra, "president of ...

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