<![CDATA[Captain Alatriste (Adventures of Captain Alatriste #1)]]>

false <![CDATA[Captain Alatriste (Adventures of Captain Alatriste #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171206645m/90411.jpg 90411 47 The first in a magnificent series of historical novels from the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Club Dumas and The Queen of the South The novels of Arturo Pérez-Reverte have captivated readers around the world and earned him a reputation as the master of the intellectual thriller (Chicago Tribune). His books have been published in fifty countries. Now, beginning with Captain Alatriste, comes Pérez- Reverte's most stunning creation to date: a riveting series featuring the adventures of an iconic hero. Captain Alatriste is the story of a fictional seventeenth-century Spanish soldier who lives as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid. Needing gold to pay off his debts, 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. A twenty-first century literary phenomenon . . . The clash and dash are thrilling; the swordplay is a bonus. A-.Entertainment Weekly Written with courtly panache and contagious enthusiasm.The New York Times A pleasure of swash, buckle, and atmosphere. Kirkus Reviews A winning swashbuckler . . . Popular entertainment at its best.Publishers Weekly 533912 book 1996 Captain Alatriste (Adventures of Captain Alatriste #1) total:912|5:162|4:281|3:331|2:113|1:25| 912 3178 1233 144 3 3 false false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 07 21:07:53 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 20:26:45 -0700 2008
First off, I can't remember the last time I started and finished a book in one day. Yeesh. Not a lot going on today I guess.

Anyway, I have read and enjoyed several of Perez-Reverte's books and have been looking forward to this series. I was not blown away. The charac...more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 08:08:48 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 08:07:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 26 15:26:53 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 26 15:41:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 18:59:06 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 19:08:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 15:34:34 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 15:36:40 -0700 2009 Last year I enjoyed this author's The Club Dumas quite a lot, so had high hopes for this one. They were, alas, moderately dashed. It sets out to be a rattling Dumas-style adventure in 1620s Madrid, as the ex-soldier-now-paid-thug Alatriste accepts an assassination commission from which, at the...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Dec 04 22:58:17 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 09:45:30 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 22:58:17 -0800 2008 Club Dumas and Seville Communion are among my favorites. Perhaps because I liked them so much, I am feeling disappointed by, and pretty critical of, this one.

In many of his novels, there is an undercurrent of misogyny, which may just be S...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:33:39 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:33:39 -0800 2009 If you read The Queen of the South (***1/2 Sept/Oct 2004), you already know what a sure, confident writer P_�rez-Reverte is. In fact he is one of the few authors about whom the appellation "international best-seller" actually means something. Captain Alatriste, which has sold over a millio...

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First off: I normally don't read historical fiction books. I have nothing against them, but sometimes they just don't attract my attention or hold it long enough for me to care about the characters. I blame this on having to read too much "great l...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 20:20:17 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 16:11:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 14:17:04 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 09:33:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Oct 24 08:13:22 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 08:13:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jul 10 11:31:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 11:41:59 -0700 2009
This is the first book in a series and it sets the tone for future books. There are a num...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 10:37:53 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 20:30:54 -0700 2009 Aturo Pérez-Reverte is the way he builds setting and characters with very sparse words. He has a very partic...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 15:33:35 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 14:46:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 13 07:35:28 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 07:42:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 16:50:17 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 05:55:12 -0700 2009 The Club Dumas, The Flanders Panel, and The Seville Communion by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. I placed him with Umberto Eco. His books delved into intriguing arcane matters. Both his and Umberto Eco's books make The Da Vinci Code look like trite titillation with a weak thrust against the Ch...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 28 08:24:45 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 08:31:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Apr 16 18:00:14 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 15:11:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 16 16:15:55 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 16:16:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 09:36:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 09:49:09 -0700 2007
Told by Inigo (no tilde available), page to the "Captain" Diego Alatriste y Tenorio, a war hero home after wounded in battle, who now hires out his sword. The period...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=90411