On the Edge of the Blade. Novels
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On the Edge of the Blade. Novels
14.99 €
A fearless warrior of the Spanish king's army walks with a sword in his hand across the pages of the popular cycle of historical adventure novels by Perez-Reverte, and in his free time from battles, a duelist, adventurer, noble robber and hired killer, a man of honor Diego Alatriste, who is called a captain for his incredible bravery. In the novels that continue the cycle, he still balances on the edge of the blade and gets into dangerous situations from which an ordinary person would hardly come out alive - he stands in the way of a villain who has planned the crime of the century, almost becomes a victim of love for a great actress, plows the expanses of the Mediterranean Sea, fighting the Turks and pirates, and in Venice he must carry out a difficult mission in his usual role of a hired killer. Arturo Perez-Reverte is a former military journalist, a renowned author of brilliant historical, military, adventure and detective novels translated into forty languages, and a winner of prestigious literary awards. The Alatriste cycle is one of his greatest literary achievements: here he brilliantly plays on the field where such famous masters of the adventure-historical novel as Alexandre Dumas, Rafael Sabatini and Emilio Salgari left their mark, and is in no way inferior to them. “Captain Alatriste,” wrote the author’s colleague Alberto Montaner about the cycle, “has the honor of becoming one of those characters who have entered the club of literary myths and settled forever in the collective imagination. A serious achievement, considering that there are very few Spaniards in this club: El Cid, Don Juan and Don Quixote.” This volume includes the fifth, sixth and seventh novels of the Captain Alatriste cycle: The Cavalier in the Yellow Jacket, The Corsairs of the Levant and The Bridge of Assassins.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series World of Adventures. Big Books