Name: El Oro del Rey / The King's Gold (in Spanish)
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Author: Perez-Reverte, Arturo
ISBN: 9788466329170

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El Oro del Rey / The King's Gold (in Spanish)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Publisher

Debolsillo

Collection

Best Seller

Year

2016

Language

Spanish

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.00 x 12.50

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9788466329170

Edited in

España

Edition No.

Synopsis "El Oro del Rey / The King's Gold (in Spanish)"

En esta cuarta entrega de «Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste , que acontece en Sevilla en 1626, el capitán recibe tras su regreso de Flandes el encargo de reclutar a un pintoresco grupo de bravos espadachines para una peligrosa misión. Sevilla, 1626. A su regreso de Flandes, donde han participado en el asedio y rendición de Breda, el capitán Alatriste y el joven mochilero Íñigo Balboa reciben el encargo de reclutar a un pintoresco grupo de bravos espadachines para una peligrosa misión, relacionada con el contrabando del oro que los galeones españoles traen de las Indias. Los bajos fondos de la turbulenta ciudad andaluza, el corral de los Naranjos, la cárcel real, las tabernas de Triana, los arenales del Guadalquivir, son los escenarios de esta nueva aventura, donde los protagonistas reencontrarán traiciones, lances y estocadas, en compañía de viejos amigos y de viejos enemigos. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From international bestselling author Arturo Pérez-Reverte comes the fourth adventure of Captain Alatriste in the "series [that] recalls the great adventure novels of Dumas and Scott"(The New York Times). Seville, 1626. After serving with honor at the bloody siege of Breda, Captain Alatriste and his protégé, Iñigo Balboa, accept a risky job involving a dozen swordsmen and mercenaries at their command, a dazzling amount of contraband gold, and a heavily guarded Spanish galleon returning from the West Indies. The job offer comes from the king himself, for at stake is nothing less than the Spanish Crown, and its dominion over the wealth of the Americas. But for Alatriste, a very personal surprise awaits him on that galleon.

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

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Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Cartagena, Spain, in 1951) was a war reporter for twenty-one years and covered eighteen armed conflicts for newspapers and television, he is also a writer, known for his thrilling novels of adventure, history, and suspense. Before dedicating himself fully to literature, he worked for more than two decades as a war correspondent, an experience that deeply marked his narrative style. Among Arturo Pérez-Reverte's books are El capitán Alatriste, which started a successful series set in the Spanish Golden Age, La tabla de Flandes and El club Dumas, novels that mix erudition, intrigue, and action.
He has been a member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 2003, Pérez-Reverte is recognized for his agile prose, complex characters, and plots that combine historical rigor with a deep analysis of the human condition. His work has been translated into numerous languages and adapted into film, consolidating him as one of the most influential authors of contemporary Spanish literature.

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