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Description edit
In this high-seas adventure, bestselling author Arturo Pérez-Reverte brings to life a time when Spain was revered, feared, and hated in the easterly seas and when the only thing needed to summon hell on earth (or sea) was a Spaniard and his sword.
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Summary edit
Taking work as a mercenary aboard a Spanish galleon, Captain Alatriste, accompanied by his faithful foster son, Íñigo, participates in a grueling battle on the high seas that brings Íñigo’s readiness for independence into question.
Characters/People edit
- Diego Alatriste: Add a description of this character.
- Urdemalas
- Matriste
- Sebastian Copons
- Mulata
- Don Francisco de Quevedo
- Don Agustin Pimentel
- Machin De Gorostiola
- Cruz De Rodas
- Muntaner
- Jaime Correas
- Ensign Labajos
- Malacalza
- Saleh
- Biscarrues
- Contreras
- Cervantes
- Beni Barrani
- Angelica De Alquezar
Setting & Locations edit
- Spain
- Naples
- Oran
- Flanders
- Malta
- Italy
- Sicily
- Algiers
- Melilla
- Constantinople
- Madrid
- France
- Tunis
- Venice
- England
- Captain Alatriste
- Chorrillo
- Indies
- Birgu
- Seville
- Uad Berruch
- Santiago
- Lepanto
- Turk
- Cartagena
- Nicalia
- Anatolia
- Breda
- San Juan Bautista
- Samos
- Lampedusa
- Rhodes
Series & Lists edit
This is book 6 of 7 in Captain Alatriste. (standard series)
Preceded by The Man in the Yellow Doublet, and followed by El puente de los Asesinos.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Spanish
Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010 (originally published in Spanish in 2006)
ISBN: 9780399156649
Page Count: 368
Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010 (originally published in Spanish in 2006)
ISBN: 9780399156649
Page Count: 368
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PQ6666.E765 C6713 2010
- Dewey: 863.64
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