The King's Gold

Seville, 1626. After serving with honor at the bloody siege of Breda, Captain Alatriste and his protGegGe, 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.Upon returning to Spain from Flanders in 1626, Captain Alatriste and his young protGegGe, Inigo Balboa, are sent to Seville to find out who is smuggling contraband gold from the Indies, and there they meet danger, betrayal, and old friends and enemies.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Arturo Perez-Reverte, Arturo/ Costa Perez-Reverte, Arturo Pérez-Reverte
• Verlag: Penguin Books USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 14.08.2008
• EAN: 9780399155109
• ISBN: 978-0-399-15510-9
• Seiten: 289
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Serien: Capitán-Alatriste; Capitán-Alatriste
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur