num_pages: 253
description: In a first installment of a new series of historical novels by the author of The Queen of the South, wounded seventeenth-century Spanish soldier Alatriste works as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid, but when his latest job takes an unexpectedly deadly turn, he realizes he is in the employ of one of the Spanish Inquisition's most dangerous figures. 80,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Captain Alatriste
titlecomplete: Captain Alatriste (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, #1)
characters: Perez, Juan Vicuna, Luis de Alquezar, Gaspar di Guzman, Avvocato Calzas, Don Francisco de Quevedo, Bartolo Cagafuegos, Caridad La Lebrijana, Martin Saldaña, Gualterio Malatesta, Emilio Bocanegra, Íñigo Balboa y Aguirre, Carlo Principe di Galles, Diego Alatriste y Tenorio, Angelica de Alquezar, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Guercio Fadrigue
genres: Spain, Fiction, Mystery, Swashbuckling, Spanish Literature, Historical, Historical Fiction, 17th Century, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 14819
places: Spain
series: Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons