"Purity of Blood," the second "Captain Alatriste" novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte, is an excellent swashbuckling story with a great deal of action. Perez-Reverte is, as always, skillful in crafting an interesting story with strong scene setting, high adventure and solid characters/5(94). Purity of Blood (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, #2) Published November 28th by Plume. Paperback, pages. Author (s): Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator) ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language:Cited by: 4. "Purity of Blood is the latest in a line of utterly unputdownable novels by Arturo Pérez-Reverte in which he has finessed a storytelling tradition stretching back to his great literary predecessors This latest book is brimming with all the panache of previous novels by the writer and with even more confidence This is glorious stuff, the kind of book to remind us how exhilarating old-fashioned adventure writing can be.".
I closed out my review of Captain Alatriste last summer by stating I would be reading more of Arturo Pérez-Reverte's series in "short order." That did not happen. Only now, over a year later, have I plunged back into the grimy, deadly underside of Golden Age Madrid. Even more than its predecessor, Purity of Blood () explores the darkest heart of imperial Spain as she, only years. bltadwin.ru: Purity of Blood (Captain Alatriste) () by Arturo Perez-Reverte and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. In "Purity of Blood", it is still , Madrid. The author focuses even more on religious aspects, the title referring to Portuguese, Jewish blood being unpure, grounds for immediate death by most, the Royal Court included. The novel opens with the murder of a woman, left in front of the church.
"Purity of Blood," the second "Captain Alatriste" novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte, is an excellent swashbuckling story with a great deal of action. Perez-Reverte is, as always, skillful in crafting an interesting story with strong scene setting, high adventure and solid characters. Antisemitism and corruption gnaw at the heart of the empire, destabilizing it further, exactly when it needs to be strengthened. Through Íñigo’s words, Pérez-Reverte exposes much of the decay that undermined Spain and set it on a downward path for nearly three hundred years. Purity of Blood is a book propelled by rage and anger. "Purity of Blood is the latest in a line of utterly unputdownable novels by Arturo Pérez-Reverte in which he has finessed a storytelling tradition stretching back to his great literary predecessors This latest book is brimming with all the panache of previous novels by the writer and with even more confidence This is glorious stuff, the kind of book to remind us how exhilarating old-fashioned adventure writing can be.".
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