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The first in an impressive series of historical novels from the acclaimed, bestselling writer of The Club Dumas and The Queen of the South.
Captain Alatriste is the storyline of the fictional seventeenth-century Spanish soldier who, after being wounded in battle during the Thirty Years' War, is forced to retire from the army. Now he lives the comparatively tame-though hardly quiet-life of the swordsman-for-hire in Madrid. Approached with an offer of work, Alatriste is told to go with another hired blade to an unfamiliar part of the town at nighttime and wait. They are really received by men who explain that they need Alatriste and his companion to ambush two travelers the following evening, stage a robbery, and present the men a fright. "No blood," they are really told.
But one third figure enters the room. He says the work requires some clarification: he increases the pay, and tells them that, instead, they must murder both travelers. Then he reveals his identity: Emilio Bocanegra. It is a name synonymous with the Spanish Inquisition, the bloodiest name in Europe. This is a guy whose requests cannot be denied.
However the following night, with the attack imminent, it becomes clear to Alatriste these aren't ordinary travelers. And what goes on next is merely the first in a series of riveting twists and turns, with implications that will reverberate throughout the courts of Europe.
For anyone who loves the work of Arturo Pirez-Reverte-and those people who have not yet found out the delights of the extraordinary writer-Captain Alatriste is one of the very most stylish, singular pleasures to arrive in years.
