
The Purity of Blood
(The second book in the Captain Alatriste series)(2006)
A novel by
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Arturo Pirez-Reverte is one of the most beloved writers in the world. His bestselling novels, including The Club Dumas and The Queen of the South, have been published in fifty countries and translated into twenty-eight languages. Now, with The Adventures of Captain Alatriste, he delivers a magnificent series, already a million-copy bestseller in Spain, that chronicles the heroic adventures of a seventeenth-century swordsman.
In Purity of Blood, the second novel in the series, the courageous Alatriste is considering rejoining his old regiment to fight in Breda-but his blade leads him to another adventure. A desperate father hires him to rescue his daughter from a convent where a powerful priest is said to be using the girl as his personal concubine. The father has been prevented from legal recourse because the priest has threatened to reveal that the man's family is "not of pure blood"-is, in fact, of Jewish descent -which will all but destroy the family name. Alatriste agrees to help, and several nights later, under the cloak of darkness, a rescue attempt is made.
But soon Alatriste discovers that he has become part of a religious and political conspiracy that leads all the way to the highest levels of the Inquisition. When a date is set to burn the man's daughter at the stake, Captain Alatriste springs into action -sword first-setting off a series of twists and turns that will keep readers riveted to the page.
Translation by Margaret Sayers Peden
In Purity of Blood, the second novel in the series, the courageous Alatriste is considering rejoining his old regiment to fight in Breda-but his blade leads him to another adventure. A desperate father hires him to rescue his daughter from a convent where a powerful priest is said to be using the girl as his personal concubine. The father has been prevented from legal recourse because the priest has threatened to reveal that the man's family is "not of pure blood"-is, in fact, of Jewish descent -which will all but destroy the family name. Alatriste agrees to help, and several nights later, under the cloak of darkness, a rescue attempt is made.
But soon Alatriste discovers that he has become part of a religious and political conspiracy that leads all the way to the highest levels of the Inquisition. When a date is set to burn the man's daughter at the stake, Captain Alatriste springs into action -sword first-setting off a series of twists and turns that will keep readers riveted to the page.
Translation by Margaret Sayers Peden
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Hardback Editions
January 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Purity of Blood: The Adventures of Captain Alatriste Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-297-84863-1 / 978-0-297-84863-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Purity of Blood (Captain Alatriste) Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-399-15320-9 / 978-0-399-15320-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Putnam Adult Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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Paperback Editions
November 2006 : Paperback
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November 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Purity of Blood Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-452-28798-7 / 978-0-452-28798-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Plume Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Purity of Blood (Adventures of Capt Alatriste 2) Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-7538-2119-2 / 978-0-7538-2119-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Phoenix Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
January 2006 : Paperback
| Title: Purity of Blood Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-297-85102-0 / 978-0-297-85102-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Audio Editions
January 2004 : Audio Cassette
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March 2007 : Kindle edition
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December 2005 : Unknown
| Title: The Purity of Blood Author(s): Arturo Perez-Reverte ISBN: 0-7865-5542-4 / 978-0-7865-5542-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Penguin Highbridge (Aud) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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