Now, beginning with captain alatriste, comes perez revertes most. Full of swordfights, doubledealing, suspense, the honor of rogues, and subtle hints of the future twists in to be completed books, this new novel is clearly the best so far just barely edging out the first of the captain alatriste books. A retired war journalist, he lives in madrid and is a member of the royal spanish academy. Dukes and counts jockey for a playboy king s favor, common spaniards live on centavos and the grand inquisition still casts its fanatic shadow over them all. The book is so captivating and the end is the most engrossing part. A retired war journalist, perezreverte is a member of the royal spanish academy. By rights, according to mark twain, don quixote should have swept away for. Originally a war correspondent, he now writes fiction fulltime. He is well known outside spain for his alatriste series of novels. His novels include the captain alatriste series, the flanders panel, the club dumas, the fencing master, the seville communion, the nautical chart, the queen. His is charged with recruiting a motley group of brave swordsmen for a risky job involving the contraband gold that the spanish galleons bring from the indies. Arturo perezreverte writes a strong historical novel.
Arturo perezreverte gutierrez born 25 november 1951 in cartagena is a. From the international bestselling author, the fourth adventure of captain alatriste with the king. Explore books by arturo perezreverte with our selection at. Arturo perezreverte nacio en cartagena, espana, en 1951. The kings gold arturo perezreverte, author, margaret jull costa, translator, trans. Arturo perezrevertes the kings gold would benefit from tricksy literary.
The kings gold the adventures of captain alatriste paperback. The kings gold by arturo perezreverte paperback book for. He is the author of the flanders panel, the club dumas, the seville communion, the queen of the south, captain alatriste and other novels. Needing gold to pay off his debts, alatriste and another. Arturo perez reverte is one of my favorite historical novelists. In this fourth instalment, captain alatriste becomes involved in a mission to save the king of spains gold. A retired war journalist, perezreverte is a member of the royal.
Now he lives the comparatively tame, though hardly quiet, life of a swordsmanforhire in madrid. He worked as a war correspondent for rtve and was a war correspondent for 21 years 19731994. I am looking forward to the next book in the series. From international bestselling author arturo perezreverte comes the fourth adventure of captain alatriste in the series that recalls the great adventure novels of dumas and scottthe new york times. Arturo perezreverte is the internationally bestselling author of. Captain alatriste is the story of a fictional seventeenthcentury spanish soldier who lives as a swordsmanforhire in madrid.
Introduced in captain alatriste 2005, our hero is battlehardened but tenderhearted, skilled with swords both literal and ahem metaphorical. Im also not a big fan of poems in books, but arturo perezreverte clearly is. Arturo perezreverte is the internationally bestselling author of many critically acclaimed novels, including the club dumas, which was adapted into a film by roman polanski called the ninth gate, the queen of the south, and the siege, which won the international dagger award from the crime writers association. T he last thing you need in a walled city under siege is a serial killer on the loose.
A book club discussion among military leaders would be interesting. Arturo perezrevertes the kings gold would benefit from tricksy literary devices, says adam marsjones. The international bestseller that inspired the mustwatch drama on usa network starring alice braga as teresa mendoza. When one of his clients is found dead the owner of part of the original manuscript of the three musketeers by alexandre dumas corsos job is to verify that. Captain alatriste becomes involved in a mission to save the king of spains gold. This is the 5th book by perez reverte that i have read. The kings gold by arturo perezreverte books hachette australia. Approached with an offer of work, alatriste is told to go with another hired blade to an unfamiliar part of the city at. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Originally a war journalist, he now writes fiction fulltime. His is charged with recruiting a motley group of brave swordsmen for a risky job involving the contraband gold. If his novel, the nautical chart, is representative of his writing and storytelling skills, then i see good reason for that. The main action of the nautical chart is a search for sunken treasure, which makes for a fascinating story of mystery and intrigue. The fourth installment in arturo perezrevertes captain alatriste series is the king s gold, in which our intrepid narrator and his erstwhile master are assigned the grim task of preserving an illicit shipment of gold from the indies for the king, lest it fall into the hands of his enemies.
Arturo perezreverte books and biography waterstones. Arturo perezreverte is the author of many critically acclaimed novels, including the club dumas, the flanders panel, and the captain alatriste series. Download our free nook app coloring books for everyone. King philip iv, ruler of the spanish empire in 1626, is expecting a large shipment of. The kings gold is apparently a spanish novel that has been translated into. After serving with honor at the bloody siege of breda, alatriste and. At the same time, tradition reposes serenely in the virtually cloistered. Captain alatriste audiobooks listen to the full series.
Another colorful novel of intrigue from accomplished spanish author perezreverte the seville communion, 1998, etc. Share the king s gold by arturo perezreverte paperback book. Captain alatriste is the story of a fictional 17thcentury spanish soldier who, after being wounded in battle during the thirty years war, is forced to retire from the army. In the club dumas by arturo perezreverte, lucas corso is a middleaged book detective whose job it is to find rare books for his wealthy clientle. Praise for the kings gold perezreverte brings seville to life as if her were animating a painting by velazquez. In this book, perezrevertes most popular hero returns from flanders and undertakes a dangerous mission in seville, the most fascinating seventeenth century city. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the king s gold. I thought the kings gold was a case study in small group leadership during combat.