The king's gold / Arturo Pérez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pérez-Reverte, Arturo.

Contributor:

Costa, Margaret Jull.

Series:

Pérez-Reverte, Arturo. English Aventuras del capitán Alatriste.

The adventures of Captain Alatriste

Standardized Title:

Oro del rey. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Spain--Fiction.

Spain.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

289 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2008]

Summary:

Seville, 1626. After serving with honor at the bloody siege of Breda, Captain Alatriste and his protégé, Inigo Balboa, have returned: battle-weary, short of cash, and with few prospects for honest work. But the Spanish empire is as dangerous as ever, and it's not long before Alatriste receives an intriguing offer of short-term employment. He and Inigo must recruit a dozen swordsmen and mercenaries for a risky job involving a dazzling amount of contraband gold and a heavily guarded Spanish galleon returning from the West Indies. The 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.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

9780399155109

0399155104

OCLC:

213308417