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Purity of blood

The second swashbuckling adventure in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series Captain Alatriste, Madrid's most charismatic swashbuckler, returns in Perez-Reverte's acclaimed international bestseller. 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 literary thriller that delivers adventure and rich historical detail, Purity of Blood captivates to the final page.

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  • "Limpieza de sangre"@it
  • "Limpieza de sangre"@pl
  • "Aventures du capitaine Alatriste"

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  • "Diego Alatriste becomes involved through his friend Don Francisco de Quevedo in another dangerous adventure. A woman has appeared choked with a bag of money and a handwritten note. The puzzle is compounded by the mysterious events that occur behind the walls of a convent, when Alatriste is hired to rescue from there to a young novice."
  • "Una mujer aparece estrangulada en una silla de manos frente a la iglesia de San Ginés dejando una extraña nota. El enigma se complica con los misteriosos sucesos que ocurren cuando Alatriste es contratado para rescatar a una joven novicia de un convento."
  • "A desperate father hires Alatriste to rescue his daughter because 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."
  • "Sur le point de rejoindre son régiment en Flandre, Diego Alatriste y Tenerio est sollicité par son ami, le poète Francisco de Quevedo, pour libérer une jeune fille, Elvira, recluse dans un couvent, affaire peut-être en lien avec le meurtre d'une femme, étranglée dans une chaise à porteurs. Or, l'ombre de l'Inquisition s'étend sur le Madrid décadent de Philippe IV..."
  • "Una edición escolar -con texto íntegro y nuevas ilustraciones- de la segunda entrega de las aventuras del capitán Alatriste. Una mujer ha aparecido estrangulada frente a la iglesia de San Ginés. El enigma se complica con los sucesos misteriosos que ocurren tras las paredes del convento, cuando Alatriste es contratado para rescatar de allí a una joven novicia."@es
  • "The second swashbuckling adventure in the internationally acclaimed Captain Alatriste series Captain Alatriste, Madrid's most charismatic swashbuckler, returns in Perez-Reverte's acclaimed international bestseller. 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 literary thriller that delivers adventure and rich historical detail, Purity of Blood captivates to the final page."@en
  • "Diego Alatriste se ve envuelto por mediación de su amigo, don Francisco de Quevedo, en otra peligrosa aventura. Una mujer ha aparecido estrangulada con una bolsa de dinero y una nota manuscrita: para misas por su alma. El enigma se complica con los sucesos misteriosos que ocurren tras las paredes de un convento, cuando Alatriste es contratado para rescatar de allí a una joven novicia. En el azaroso y fascinante Madrid de Felipe IV, entre lances, tabernas, garitos, intrigas y estocadas, la aventura pondrá en juego la vida de los amigos del capitán, haciendo surtir del pasado los fantasmas de viejos enemigos."@es
  • "Un d'Artagnan quichottesque que l'auteur doit faire caracoler durant six livres en redonnant vie au roman de cape et d'epee, le deuxieme se situe en Espagne durant l'Inquisition. [SDM]."
  • "Sur le point de rejoindre son régiment en Flandre, Diego Alatriste y Tenerio est sollicité par son ami, le poète Francisco de Quevedo, pour libérer une jeune fille, Elvira, recluse dans un couvent, affaire peut-être en lien avec le meurtre d'une femme, étranglée dans une chaise à porteurs. Or, l'ombre de l'Inquisition s'étend sur le Madrid décadent de Philippe IV ..."
  • "A woman has been found in a sedan chair in front of a church, strangled. In her hand is a pouch containing fifty escudos and a handwritten - but unsigned - note bearing the words 'For masses for her soul'. The chief constable Martin Saldana confides in his old friend and comrade in arms, Diego Alatriste. Still in danger from the powerful enemies he made in his first adventure, Captain Alatriste is considering returning to Flanders where the war has just resumed. But first, his old friend Quevedo asks him for a favour. The daughter of one of his friends must be rescued from a convent, which two powerful priests seem to be treating as little more than a harem. Then the woman who brought the girl to the convent goes missing and the connection is made to the murder at the church. It seems that Alatriste's sword is required once more."@en
  • "Hired to rescue a man's daughter from a convent where a powerful corrupt priest is forcing her to be his personal concubine, Alatriste finds himself thrust into a religious and political conspiracy with ties to the highest levels of the Inquisition."
  • "Captain Alatriste attempts to rescue the daughter of a friend from a convent, but finds himself involved in a political and religious conspiracy connected with the Inquisition."@en

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  • "Spanish language"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Adventure fiction"
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Spanish fiction"
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Polish language materials"
  • "Powieść hiszpańska"@pl
  • "Political fiction, Spanish"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Adventure stories"
  • "Còmics"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Readers"
  • "Mystery fiction"

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  • "Limpeza de sangue"
  • "The purity of blood"
  • "Les Bûchers de Bocanegra"
  • "În numele sângelui nespurcat"
  • "Limpieza de sangre : las aventuras del capitan alatriste"@es
  • "Chistaia Krov"
  • "Чистая кровь"
  • "Les bûchers de Bocanegra"
  • "Limpieza de sangre <engl.&gt"
  • "Chistai︠a︡ krovʹ"
  • "Purezza di sangue : romanzo"
  • "Purezza di sangue : romanzo"@it
  • "Purity of blood : the adventures of Captain Alatriste"
  • "Zuiver bloed : de avonturen van kapitein Alatriste"
  • "Limpieza de sangre"
  • "Limpieza de sangre"@es
  • "Les bûchers de Bocanegra : roman"
  • "Čistaia krov'"
  • "Vääräuskoisten veri"@fi
  • "I inkvisitionens kløer : roman"@da
  • "Purity of blood"
  • "Purity of blood"@en
  • "W cieniu inkwizycji"
  • "W cieniu inkwizycji"@pl
  • "Hō katharotēta tou aimatos : mythistorēma"
  • "În numele sângelui nespurcat : [roman]"

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