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Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: In this second part, a woman has been found strangled in front of a local church. On her lap, a bag full of coins and a note «For masses for her soul» is found. In a nearby convent for young society ladies, the chaplain is having «unconventional» encounters with his novices. Captain Alatriste will soon discover how these two facts are connected by an entangled net of power, faith, and death.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Flanders, 1625. After his tussles with the Inquisition and the intrigue of the Spanish court, Captain Alatriste has returned to the mud and desperation of the long war in Flanders. This is Iñigo's first experience of war and the realities of hand to hand combat. It is on the battlefield that he will finally have the chance to become a man and prove his worth. The troops are weary and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 467 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 289) Аннотация: »The fourth novel in the immensely satisfying Captain Alatriste series by Arturo Pérez-Reverte opens with a Spanish galleon sailing into a home port that is festooned with English corpses. The slain enemies, fruit of a failed Anglo-Dutch attack on Cádiz, 'hung from gallows erected on the shore, along the edge of the vineyards... bunches of grapes ripe for harvesting, except that these…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A desperate father hires Alatriste to rescue his daughter from a convent where a powerful priest is said to be using the girl as his personal concubine. Soon Alatriste discovers that he has become part of a religious and political conspiracy that leads all the way to the highest levels of the Inquisition.

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Arturo Perez-Reverte has enthralled readers and critics around the globe with his Captain Alatriste series. Having sold four and a half million copies to date in the Spanish-speaking world, the series has made Perez-Reverte a literary superstar and his fictional seventeenth-century mercenary a national icon. And the appeal of Perez-Reverte's adventurer and his exploits continues to grow, as…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: In this follow-up to CAPTAIN ALATRISTE, the valiant Diego Alatriste returns for another adventure of swordplay, narrow escapes, and political intrigue within the corrupt Spanish court of the 1620s. Sword-for-hire Alatriste accepts a commission from Vicente de la Cruz to assist him and his sons in freeing his daughter, Elvira, from a convent where she is forced to submit to the attentions of an…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Jaime Astarloa is a master-fencer of the old school, priding himself on the precision, dignity and honour of his ancient art. It is 1868; Spain teeters on the brink of revolution, his friends spend their days in cafe's discussing plots at court, but Jaime's obsession is to perfect the irresistible sword thrust. Then, Adela de Otero, violet-eyed and enigmatic, appears at his door. When Jaime takes…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: In the 15th-century Flemish painting, two noblemen are playing chess. Yet, two years before he could sit for the portrait, one of them was murdered.