Purity of Blood
The Adventures of Captain Alatriste
$28.19
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2006
Summary
A woman has been found in a sedan chair in front of a church, strangled. In her hand is a pouch containing fifty escudos and a handwritten - but unsigned - note bearing the words ‘For masses for her soul’.
The chief constable Martin Saldana confides in his old friend and comrade in arms, Diego Alatriste. Still in danger from the powerful enemies he made in his first adventure, Captain Alatriste is considering returning to Flanders where the war has just resumed. But first, his old fri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753821190 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753821192 |
| Author: | Arturo Perez-Reverte |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2006 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 26mm |
| Series: | The Adventures of Captain Alatriste |
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This tale of swaggering swordplay and derring-do…works both as a vivid, page-turning historical adventure and as a knowing pastiche of a genre that Perez-Reverte clearly loves.
This tale of swaggering swordplay and derring-do…works both as a vivid, page-turning historical adventure and as a knowing pastiche of a genre that Perez-Reverte clearly loves. - SUNDAY TIMES (8.10.06)
About The Author
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Arturo Perez-Reverte lives near Madrid. Originally a war correspondent, he now writes fiction full-time. His novels include The Flanders Panel, The Club Dumas, The Fencing Master, The Seville Communion, The Nautical Chart, The Queen of the South and the bestselling Captain Alatriste series. In 2003 he was elected to the Spanish Royal Academy.
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