by Arturo Pérez-Reverte · Alfaguara · tapa dura · ISBN 9788420405629
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«El capitán Alatriste» is the historical adventure novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, published by Alfaguara in hardback (224 pages, in Spanish).
Set in seventeenth-century Madrid, it recounts the exploits of Diego Alatriste y Tenorio, a veteran of the Flanders tercios who works as a hired swordsman. A dangerous commission drags him into a palace conspiracy of duels and intrigues, with characters such as Francisco de Quevedo, Íñigo Balboa and Gualterio Malatesta.
First instalment of the series «Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste»; edition from the Biblioteca Pérez-Reverte collection.
For readers of historical and adventure novels set in the Spanish Golden Age.
Spanish journalist, former war reporter and novelist, author of the Captain Alatriste saga and novels such as The Flanders Panel and The Club Dumas.
