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Purity of Blood by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Gear up for swashbuckling adventure in the second riveting* historical thriller in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series.The fearless Alatriste is hired to infiltrate a convent and rescue a young girl forced to serve as a powerful priest's concubine. The girl's father is barred from legal recourse as the priest threatens to reveal that the man's family is not of pure blood and is, in fact, of Jewish descent--which will all but destroy the family name. As Alatriste struggles to save the young hostage from being burned at the stake, he soon finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that leads all the way to the heart of the Spanish Inquisition.
Perez-Reverte, Arturo: - ARTURO PEREZ-REVERTE is the award-winning author of many critically acclaimed novels, including The Club Dumas, The Flanders Panel, and the Captain Alatriste series. A retired war journalist, he lives in Madrid and is a member of the Royal Spanish Academy.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780399153204 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399153209 |
| Title | Purity of Blood |
| Author | Arturo Perez Reverte |
| Series | Captain Alatriste |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2006-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 267 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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