Captain Alatrist. Pure blood. The gold of the king

According to the pages of the popular cycle of historical novels, the Perep-Rerter walks with a sword in the hand of the fearless soldier 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 received the nickname “Captain” for his incredible courage. . He all the time goes along the tip of the blade, the fate is unjust to it, then, on the contrary, the “captain” by Alatrist is favored by enemies, enters into a fight with a powerful Spanish Inquisition, participates in a long siege of delirium, sung by the great Velazquez in the famous picture, and conquers Gold from smugglers, illegally exporting it 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! Honor and dignity. This is the motto of the brave captain Alatrist.
Author of the famous intellectual detectives “Flemish board”, “Dumas club”, “Leather for the drum” in a cycle about Captain Alatrist boldly leads a game on the field where such famous masters of adventurous-historical novels, like Alexander Dumas, left a bright mark. Rafael Sabatini, Emilio Salgari, is not at all inferior to them.
The book unites the first four novels of the cycle