Captain Alatriste, Arturo PerezReverte
Captain Alatriste, Arturo PerezReverte
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Captain Alatriste

Author: Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Margaret Sayers Peden

Narrator: Scott Brick, Margaret Sayers Peden

Unabridged: 6 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/10/2005


Synopsis

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.

About The Author

Arturo Perez-Reverte lives near Madrid. His novels have captivated readers around the world and earned him a reputation as “the master of the intellectual thriller” (Chicago Tribune). Originally a war correspondent, he now writes fiction full-time. His novels include The Flanders Panel, The Club Dumas, The Fencing Master, The Seville Communion, The Nautical Chart, Queen of the South and What We Become. He is a member of the Spanish Royal Academy. His books have been published in fifty countries.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Fabian on May 14, 2019

You're in Madrid. But the adventure here seems sorta like a half adventure. Indeed, has a minor climax & is like very sustained though brisk foreplay. It's too short to be miraculous, though it will inevitably leave you wanting more. (So, simply a great literary hook!)......more

Goodreads review by Overhaul on December 12, 2021

"No era el hombre más honesto ni el más piadoso, pero era un hombre valiente. Se llamaba Diego Alatriste y Tenorio, y había luchado como soldado de los tercios viejos de Flandes" Con estas atrayentes e interesantes palabras empieza El Capitán Alatriste, es una embriagadora historia, repleta de cualid......more

Goodreads review by Justo on January 26, 2021

4/5 Estrellas Debo reconocer mi reticencia a leer novela histórica ambientada en el siglo XVII español. El siglo de Oro de las letras si, pero también un siglo lleno de desastres y que marcó el hundimiento si no del Imperio, que siguió siendo fuerte durante gran parte del siglo XVIII, si de la moral......more

Goodreads review by Xabi1990 on October 10, 2021

Esta es la misma review que tengo en el resto de libro de la saga que leí seguidos (hasta el quinto, los que habían salido en ese momento). Los leí hace demasiado tiempo como para escribir nada original. Sorry El capitán Alatriste es el arquetipo de las opiniones de Reverte cada vez que habla de Espa......more

Goodreads review by Ardell on February 24, 2024

4⭐ "No era el hombre más honesto ni el más piadoso, pero era un hombre valiente"... Con estas palabras empieza El capitán Alatriste, la historia de un soldado veterano de los tercios de Flandes que malvive como espadachín a sueldo en el Madrid del siglo XVII. Sus aventuras peligrosas y apasionantes n......more


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Praise for Captain Alatriste

“Equipped with a quick-witted, charismatic hero and much to provoke and goad him, Mr. Pérez-Reverte has the makings of a flamboyantly entertaining series. Captain Alatriste ends with a wicked flourish, an evil laugh, and a strong likelihood that the best is yet to come.”The New York Times

“Pérez-Reverte’s moody, wounded semi-hero—part cantankerous mercenary, part man of honor in a roiling society of pomp, pistols, and provocation—is a whole-cloth invention out ofa17th-century Madrid that has led to a 21st-century literary phenomenon....The clash and dash are thrilling; the swordplay is a bonus.”Entertainment Weekly

“High-level intrigue and double-dealing in the tradition of Alexandre Dumas.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Though Pérez-Reverte fills the swashbuckling story with nonstop action, Captain Alatriste is also a contemplation of life and death, which adds depth to the good, unclean fun.”—The Miami Herald

“Pérez-Reverte’s pacing is swift and suspenseful, the narrative voice both crisply cinematic and true to the setting of seventeenth-century Spain...a feast of dark historical detail and believable danger.”—The Denver Post