El Caballero del Jubon Amarillo/ The Gentleman of Yellow Nightgown

from DavidGoldsteen

This was the fourth Alatriste novel I read. The novels all share a common structure and generally feature a portrait of Madrid and Spanish society, a major historic incident, court intrigues, and varying amounts of swordplay. What distinguishes Perez-Reverte's work from other historical action no...

from dougwood57

Arturo Perez-Reverte brings us the fifth installment in the reliable Captain Alatriste series. As always the book features well-researched, factually grounded historical fiction set in the 17th century Spain, a generous dollop of poetry and theater, ladles of royal court intrigue, a full measure ...

from dougwood57

Arturo Perez-Reverte brings us the fifth installment in the reliable Captain Alatriste series. As always the book features well-researched, factually grounded historical fiction set in the 17th century Spain, a generous dollop of poetry and theater, ladles of royal court intrigue, a full measure ...

from DavidGoldsteen

This was the fourth Alatriste novel I read. The novels all share a common structure and generally feature a portrait of Madrid and Spanish society, a major historic incident, court intrigues, and varying amounts of swordplay. What distinguishes Perez-Reverte's work from other historical action no...

from adpaton

Mexico had Zorro, England had Robin Hood and France is represented by D'Artagnan, but Spain and swash-bucklers don't go together - unless you count Don Quixote, tilting at windmills, or the legendary El Cid. Or so I thought until I met Captain Diego Alatriste, soldier, adventurer, loyalist and la...