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Well I read it though I'm not eager to read more of this series. I know a bit more about the Spanish Inquisition having forced myself to read the book, but not ready to increase that knowledge in any way. The author wants you to believe a 13 year old boy from a poor background has a huge vocabulary and talks quite eloquently which just doesn't fit.
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I read this book while traveling through Spain and it was a wonderful companion. Captain Alatriste is trying to rescue a girl held captive in a convent, where some priests are up to no good.
"Perez-Reverte is very good at evoking the atmosphere of a teeming corrupt and jaded Madrid in the last decades o Spain' imperial glory. He is superb at the precisely choreographed sword fights."
What I particularly liked was how the author recreated Spain during the Inquisition, which from this novel, seems ...more
"Perez-Reverte is very good at evoking the atmosphere of a teeming corrupt and jaded Madrid in the last decades o Spain' imperial glory. He is superb at the precisely choreographed sword fights."
What I particularly liked was how the author recreated Spain during the Inquisition, which from this novel, seems ...more
Jul 20, 2008
Joseph
marked it as to-read
