false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166395336m/11022.jpg 11022 32 <B>The second swashbuckling adventure in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series</B> <P> Captain Alatriste, Madrid's most charismatic swashbuckler, returns in Pérez-Reverte's acclaimed international bestseller. The fearless Alatriste is hired to infiltrate a convent and rescue a young girl forced to serve as a powerful priest's concubine. The girl's father is barred from legal recourse as the priest threatens to reveal that the man's family is &#147;not of pure blood&#148; and is, in fact, of Jewish descent&#151;which will all but destroy the family name. As Alatriste struggles to save the young hostage from being burned at the stake, he soon finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that leads all the way to the heart of the Spanish Inquisition. A literary thriller that delivers adventure and rich historical detail, <I>Purity of Blood</I> captivates to the final page. 84243 book 1997 Purity of Blood (Adventures of Captain Alatriste #2) total:442|5:74|4:163|3:164|2:36|1:5| 442 1591 617 52 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 20:56:17 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 14:20:53 -0800 2009
Similar to the first,...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:38:26 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:38:26 -0800 2009 In yet another example of our trade deficit, the United States continues to do well by Arturo P_�rez-Reverte. His books, The Club Dumas, The Seville Communion, and The Fencing Master, all translated from the Spanish, have gotten quite cozy with our domestic best-seller lists. So last year Putnam lau...

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