Purity of Blood - Couverture rigide

Perez-Reverte, Arturo; Peden, Margaret Sayers

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0399153209 ISBN 13 : 9780399153204

Editeur : Putnam Pub Group, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Arturo PerezReverte

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The second swashbuckling adventure in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series

Captain Alatriste, Madrid’s most charismatic swashbuckler, returns in Perez-Reverte’s acclaimed international bestseller. The fearless Alatriste is hired to infiltrate a convent and rescue a young girl forced to serve as a powerful priest’s concubine. The girl’s father is barred from legal recourse as the priest threatens to reveal that the man’s family is “not of pure blood” and is, in fact, of Jewish descent—which will all but destroy the family name. As Alatriste struggles to save the young hostage from being burned at the stake, he soon finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that leads all the way to the heart of the Spanish Inquisition. A literary thriller that delivers adventure and rich historical detail, Purity of Blood captivates to the final page.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A woman has been found in a sedan chair in front of a church, strangled. In her hand is a pouch containing fifty escudos and a handwritten - but unsigned - note bearing the words 'For masses for her soul'.

The chief constable Martin Saldana confides in his old friend and comrade in arms, Diego Alatriste. Still in danger from the powerful enemies he made in his first adventure, Captain Alatriste is considering returning to Flanders where the war has just resumed.

But first, his old friend Quevedo asks him for a favour. The daughter of one of his friends must be rescued from a convent, which certain 'priests' seem to be treating as little more than a harem. Then the woman who brought the girl to the convent goes missing and the connection is made to the murder at the church. It seems that Alatriste's sword is required once more.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Putnam Pub Group
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0399153209
• ISBN 13: 9780399153204
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 267
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible