Talk:Captain Alatriste

message: What term should use for the temporal "job" of Alatriste and the permanent "job" of Malatesta ?
In Spanish would be probably "matón"; something like "espadachin" (swordfighter) mixed with  and "asesino a sueldo" (contract killer). But assassin is not good enough.
By the way, not mercenary as Alatriste was always a soldier (except when doing jobs on the side) in the Spanish Tercios and Malatesta was never a soldier or mercenary.
--Carrasco 07:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

message: Gee, thanks for telling us where and when he dies in the books and in the movie. I'm editing out the spoilers.Snowgrouse (talk) 16:44, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I don't understand how one can know when he dies in the books if there are books in the series that haven't yet been written. -- Phil Barker 17:45, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Ahh. So it is. I guess then that the information about when Alatriste dies is no more a spoiler than any other information about him (where he lived, what he did ...) I mean, it's not as if it's going to be a point of suspense for any of the stories. -- Phil Barker 12:58, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

text: As to that, I don't remember if the time and place of Alatriste's death is mentioned in any of the first three books.  I can only read the English translations and just got a copy of the fourth book this week.  Maybe it comes up in one of the later original Spanish editions, but Inigo's wandering thoughts in his narration would explain how it would come up before the end of the series (I'm assuming it will end with the death of the title character).   IMHO (talk) 17:20, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spoilers 

message: I've added UK to the publication dates that were listed as date of publication in the USA. Would it be safe to assume that publication in all English speaking countries was in the same year? Then the article could easily be made as general as the coverage of the English language wikipedia. -- Phil Barker 17:43, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty sure that books are generally released in Canada at the same time as the USA, probably always for major publishers, but this is just an impression.  I have NO idea about Australia, New Zealand or any other English speaking states though.  IMHO (talk) 18:15, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

text: The sixth book has been or is being translated into English. Pirates of the Levant is being released in the UK in August of 2010. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pirates-Levant-Adventures-Captain-Alatriste/dp/0297852493  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.241.102.168 (talk) 22:39, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

text: In the same vein, the sixth book is released in the US--"Pirates of the Levant" again--in September of 2010.
http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Levant-Captain-Alatriste-Book/dp/039915664X/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.241.89.140 (talk) 03:21, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  English translations 

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message: It is probably obvious to anyone familiar with the stories but as I have not yet read them it is not to me. Was there ever a real Captain Alatriste or is he entirely fictional? Are these novels based on a real historical figure in any way? The article only says the man is a character in a series of novels but does not state if those novels are purely fictional, strongly historical or partial fiction based on history. I believe this needs to be clarified in the article. 172.88.134.103 (talk) 05:59, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Hola, Alatriste es un personaje ficticio. Una suerte de avatar con el que el autor intenta visitar su interpretación de acontecimientos relevantes de la época de los Austrias Menores. Saludos. 194.30.41.129 (talk) 19:02, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Alatriste fictional ? historical ? or both ?