- Hardcover: 1 pages
- Publisher: GP Putnam And Sons (Aug 19 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0399155104
- ISBN-13: 978-0399155109
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #172,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Pérez-Reverte, a former war correspondent, continues his popular Captain Alatriste series with a fourth swashbuckling volume (following The Sun over Breda). Diego Alatriste, a wily veteran of many 17th-century military campaigns, and his sidekick, Inigo Balboa—who narrates—have returned to Seville after fighting in the siege of Breda. With funds short, Alatriste accepts a dangerous mission to intercept a load of smuggled gold and deposit it in the royal coffers. Trolling the criminal underworld of Seville, Alatriste recruits a band of ruffians, and disguised as pirates, they prepare to slip aboard the ship transporting the gold, surprise and subdue the crew and beach the vessel. What Alatriste doesn't expect to find on board is his old adversary Gualterio Malatesta and a large contingent of mercenaries. Fans of the series have come to expect historical authenticity, crisp prose, complex characters, exotic settings and plenty of sanguinary action. They won't be disappointed. (Aug.) ""
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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In the Footsteps of Dumas, Henty and Sabatini, Aug 20 2008
By Marco Antonio Abarca - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The King's Gold (Hardcover)
The fourth volume in "The Adventures of Captain Alatriste" series is set in the port city of Sevilla. The annual treasure fleet is about to arrive and a powerful clique in the King's inner circle is planning to siphon off Royal Treasure for their own nefarious purposes. Another powerful group of noblemen want to stop them. This being Spain in its decadent Gold Age, hired blades will be needed. Who better to recruit and lead a party of mercenary swordsmen recruited from Sevilla's criminal underclass than the redoubtable Captain Alatriste and his loyal companion, Inigo Balboa?For those of us who love the scwashbucklying genre of literature, we are fortunate that Arturo Perez Reverte is producing what will be the nine volume "Adventures of Captain Alatriste" series. Perez Reverte is a fine novelists who writes serious international best sellers. In between the more serious novels, he finds the time to publish further Alatriste adventures. Each volume is well written and filled with wonderful historical details from Spain's Golden Age.
I love the series and hope to one day read all nine volumes. However, the problem with the series is that each novel is essentially eposodic in nature. There is a lack of an over-arching story in each novel. One will have to read all nine novels to learn how the story turns out. I wish that Perez Reverte had sat down like Alexandre Dumas and wrote one really long novel. Perez Reverte will do in nine novels what Dumas did in one novel. I guess this is the difference between the great novels of the Nineteenth Century and the works that are produced today for our shorter attention spans.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This Book is "Gold", Jun 11 2009
By Jared E. Krauss "Jared Krauss" - Published on Amazon.com
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Yet another link the Captain Alatriste chain. It's another wicked, mysterious, thriller of a book with beautiful cities of Old and New Spain, dazzling beauties, gold glinting, swords ringing out, and shots blasting.Another interesting twist in the Story of Inigo Balboa and Captain Alatriste, "The King's Gold" will lead Alatriste and Inigo to the money they need, but places they don't want to be. As they both delve deeper into the trap that is the nobility they form a world around them that is wholly their own, but they are beginning to have less and less control.
A definite must read for all Reverte fans and if you haven't read the Alatriste series go back to the first one, "Captain Alatriste", read up and be prepared to be sucked into a world unlike any other you have ever read about.
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Loved it, Oct 13 2010
By B. Sandborg "nsgsurfer" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The King's Gold (Hardcover)
I made the mistake of purchasing and reading this installment of the Captain Alatriste series first. I, of course, had a somewhat difficult time picking up the characters and story line through the first couple of chapters. And then when I quickly burned through the rest of the book, I promptly made my way to the local book store to purchase more of the series! The characters are incredibly alluring and I have fallen in love with both the Captain and his buddy Inigo. Love it!
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