
Captain Alatriste
(The first book in the Captain Alatriste series)(2005)
A novel by
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Step aside D'Artagnan... Perez-Reverte wrote the Captain Alatriste series as a homage to the adventure books that had been his own initiation into the world of reading as a boy - books such as Dumas's The Three Musketeers or The Mask of Zorro. Captain Alatriste is a swordsman for hire in Spain in the 1620s - a time when Court intrigue was high and the decadent young king had dragged the country into a series of disastrous wars. As a hired 'blade', Alatriste becomes involved in many political plots and must live by his wits. He comes face to face with hired assassins, court players, political moles, smugglers, pirates and of course, the infamous Spanish Inquisition... All the stories are told by Inigo Balboa, Alatriste's young page. The cast of characters also includes Quevedo, an irrepressible subversive poet who likes to start fights in the local tavern, the kind-hearted innkeeper and ex-prostitute who shares Alatriste's bed, the elegant Count of Guadalmedina, the beautiful but deadly Angelica de Alquezar, and a whole host of underworld figures.
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Hardback Editions
May 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Captain Alatriste Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-7531-7579-7 / 978-0-7531-7579-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Captain Alatriste (W&N Fiction 2005) Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-297-84846-1 / 978-0-297-84846-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
May 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Captain Alatriste Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-399-15275-X / 978-0-399-15275-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Putnam Adult Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
March 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Captain Alatriste Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-7531-7580-0 / 978-0-7531-7580-4 (UK edition) Publisher: ISIS Publishing Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
November 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Captain Alatriste (film tie-in) (Adventures of Capt Alatriste 1) Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-7538-2136-2 / 978-0-7538-2136-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Phoenix Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
June 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Captain Alatriste (Adventures of Capt Alatriste 1) Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-7538-2087-0 / 978-0-7538-2087-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Phoenix Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
February 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Captain Alatriste (OME) Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-7538-1921-X / 978-0-7538-1921-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Phoenix Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
December 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Captain Alatriste Author(s): Arturo Pérez-Reverte ISBN: 0-452-28711-1 / 978-0-452-28711-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Plume Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Captain Alatriste: The Adventures of Captain Alatriste Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-297-84858-5 / 978-0-297-84858-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
2005 : Audio Cassette
| Title: CAPTAIN ALATRISTE Author(s): ARTURO PEREZ REVERTE Publisher: BOOKS ON TAPE Availability: Amazon More details... |
2005 : Audio CD
| Title: Captain Alatriste - UNABRIDGED Author(s): Arturo Perez Reverte ISBN: 0-14-305764-2 / 978-0-14-305764-2 (UK edition) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
February 2005 : Unknown
| Title: Captain Alatriste Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-7865-5404-5 / 978-1-4159-2043-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Penguin Highbridge (Aud) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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