The story in this novel takes place in the 17th Century Spain during the reign of Philip IV, the golden age of Spanish power. The plot is based upon an actual historic occurrence in 1623 when the Prince of Wales (Charles Stuart) and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, traveled incognito to Spa...
This was a very fast and most enjoyable read - and I must compliment the translator, too, because the language seemed to me to work very well, transparently conveying the voice of the narrator without falling nasty literal traps that lesser translations sometimes evince. I have not yet seen the Vigg...
My impression from the little I read was that this was a rather flat and macho type of book. I hear such great things about Perez-Reverte, but I haven't been wowed yet...
This is the third in Perez-Reverte's 'Captain Alatriste' series, however, I felt that the author was inspired to write this book mostly out of a desire to write a book about the Siege of Breda and Velasquez' painting 'The Surrender of Breda', not because the events forward the ongoing story of Diego...
I tried for the first 200 pages to get into it...and just really could not. I ended up scanning through the second half just to get a gist of how it ended. Overall, it was a disappointment.
This was initially published nearly 10 years ago, but has just been released for the first time in an english-language edition.An intentional homage to Alexandre Dumas, the action takes place in 17th century Spain, centering on the titular 'captain' - a down-on-his luck mercenary swordsman (who may ...
Quite a departure for Perez-Reverte (not an art-mystery or an historical swashbuckler) - but possibly his most heavy-hitting work to date. After the first couple of chapters, my first thought was, 'this is just like a Quentin Tarantino film!' However, the book as a whole is much more insightful and ...
Two quotes from this book:"Trained as an apprentice in Leyden (Holland) at the workshop of the "Elzevirs".""A reader is the total of all he's read, in addition to all the films and television he's seen. To the information supplied by the author he'll always add his own. And that's where the danger l...
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