Purity of blood / Arturo Pérez-Reverte ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

By:

Pérez-Reverte, Arturo

Contributor(s):

Peden, Margaret Sayers

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Series: Pérez-Reverte, Arturo. Aventuras del capitán Alatriste ; 2. | Adventures of Captain Alatriste ; 2.Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Group, ©2006.Description: 267 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0452287987
9780452287983

Uniform titles:

Limpieza de sangre. English

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

863 PER

Subject: A desperate father hires Alatriste to rescue his daughter a powerful priest is said to be using the girl as his personal concubine. The priest has threatened to reveal that the man's family is of Jewish descent, so he has no legal recourse. Alatriste agrees to help, and several nights later, under the cloak of darkness, a rescue attempt is made. But 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Fiction Collection	863 PER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100667980

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

A desperate father hires Alatriste to rescue his daughter a powerful priest is said to be using the girl as his personal concubine. The priest has threatened to reveal that the man's family is of Jewish descent, so he has no legal recourse. Alatriste agrees to help, and several nights later, under the cloak of darkness, a rescue attempt is made. But 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.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Arturo Pérez-Reverte 's novels have captivated readers around the world and earned him a reputation as "the master of the intellectual thriller" ( Chicago Tribune ). Originally a war correspondent, he now writes fiction full-time. His novels include the Captain Alatriste series, The Flanders Panel, The Club Dumas, The Fencing Master, The Seville Communion, The Nautical Chart, The Queen of the South , and What We Become . His books have been published in fifty countries.He is a member of the Spanish Royal Academy. He lives near Madrid, Spain.