Captain Alatriste
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Set in Seventeenth-Century Spain, this is the first in a short series about the adventures of Captain Alatriste, a sword-for-hire.
When the captain is hired to waylay a pair of foreign travelers by a group of mysterious masked men who are headed by a prelate whose power is such that he needs no disguise, he makes a split-second decision which may cost him his life, and which will affect not only Spain, but much of Europe.
This was a rollicking, swashbuckling, fun read. At the same time, the elegant prose was a pleasure.
I enjoyed the heck out of this book!
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