THE KING'S GOLD. [Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.]
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Alatriste spun round,and a body fell on top of him,murmuring in Spanish: 'Holy Mother of God,Holy Mother of God.' He pushed the body away and,sword in his right hand and dagger in his left,he scrambled to his feet,with a sense that the darkness around him was growing red.He felt a blow to the cheek,and his mouth filled with the familiar,metallic taste of blood.
The year is 1626,and a battle-weary Captain Alatriste and his companions sail home from the on-going war in Flanders.He returns to a Spain that is rotten to the core,as gold from the Americas floods into the port of Seville,brought by the country's treasure fleet.
As various factions within the Court vie for supremacy,certain people are creaming off undeclared profits from the galleon's cargo,thus depriving the royal treasury of its lifeblood.Indeed some of the booty is finding its way into the hands of the rebel provinces Spain is fighting to suppress.
The King and his most trusted advisor,the Count-Duke Olivares,have become aware of one such plot and have decided to teach the perpetrator a lesson.Once more,they call upon Captain Alatriste's blade in a dangerous adventure that will bring the captain face to face with a ruthless man who has designs on the future. . . .
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From the international bestselling author, the fourth adventure of Captain Alatriste With The King?s Gold , bestselling author Arturo Pérez-Reverte continues to enthrall readers and critics with his heroic seventeenth-century mercenary, Captain Alatriste. The fourth adventure picks up in Seville in 1626. After serving with honor at the bloody siege of Breda, Alatriste and his protégé, Iñigo Balboa, accept a risky job involving a dozen swordsmen and mercenaries at their command, a dazzling amount of contraband gold, and a heavily guarded Spanish galleon returning from the West Indies. The job offer comes from the king himself, for at stake is nothing less than the Spanish Crown, and its dominion over the wealth of the Americas. But for Alatriste, a very personal surprise awaits him on that galleon.
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- THE KING'S GOLD. [Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.]
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- PEREZ-REVERTE**, ARTURO:
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- Used - FINE.
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- FINE.
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- 0297852477
- ISBN 13
- 9780297852476
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- LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2008.
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- This edition first published
- 2008
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