Captain Alatrist

According to the pages of the popular cycle of historical and adventure novels, the over-revolt walks with a sword in the hand of the fearless warrior of the army of the Spanish king, and in his free time, a duelist, an adventurer, a noble robber and a hired killer, a man of honor of Diego Alatrist, who is called captain for his incredible courage . He all the time walks on the tip of the blade, the fate is unfair to it, then, on the contrary, it is favorable - Alatrist is making enemies, enters into a fight with a powerful Spanish Inquisition, participates in a long siege of nonsense, paved with a great Velazquez in the famous picture, and conquers gold from smugglers illegally exporting him from the New World. And what does he get? Glory? Wealth? No. Because there are values ​​in the world that neither the ringing of metal or a reward from cold nobles will replace. Honor is above all! Honour and dignity. This is the motto of the brave captain Alatrist.
Arturo Perevo-Reverte, a full member of the Royal Academy of the Spanish language and literature (since 2003), author of the famous intellectual detectives Flemish board, Club of Dumas, Leather for the drum in the cycle of captain Alatrist, boldly leads The game on the field where such famous masters of adventurous-historical novels as Alexander Dumas, Rafael Sabatini, Emilio Salgari, left them, left a vivid mark, and is not at all inferior to them.
The book unites the first four novels of the cycle