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      Captain Alatriste

      by Arturo Perez-Reverte
      Published
      May 2005
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      304
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      The Adventures of Captain Alatriste Book 1

      About This Book

      The first action-packed historical adventure in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series, featuring a Spanish soldier who lives as a swordsman-for-hire in 17th century Madrid. 

      Needing gold to pay off his debts, Captain Alatriste and another hired blade are paid to ambush two travelers, stage a robbery, and give the travelers a fright. "No blood," they are told.
      Then a mysterious stranger enters to clarify the job: he increases the pay, and tells Alatriste that, instead, he must murder the two travelers. When the attack unfolds, Alatriste realizes that these aren't ordinary travelers, and what happens next is only the first in a riveting series of twists and turns, with implications that will reverberate throughout the courts of Europe...

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      General Fiction Suspense

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      Historical

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      Apr 2005 Penguin Audio ISBN B0009M6D8M
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      May 2005 Penguin Audio ISBN 0143057642
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