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Buy this book on-line PEREZ-REVERTE**, ARTURO: : THE KING'S GOLD. [Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa.]LONDON.WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON,2008. ISBN 9780297852476.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Originally published Spain,2000.Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa,2008.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price- clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, montage'd,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj,with brown,blue+white lettering to front,blue+white lettering to spine/ backstrip and critics' reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.One - the only,tiny pin-point indent on front panel of dw/dj and the concomitant spot to board beneath. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain dark green cloth boards/covers,with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate plain white eps. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-245pp [paginated] includes 9 chapters and an epilogue,17thC poems - 4,three of which in form of ballads,translator's note as last page,plus [unpaginated] black+grey silhouetted foil/sword and capital letter 'A' respectively,illustrated half-title, title page,a dedication,an epigram and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book.
Alatriste spun round,and a body fell on top of him,murmuring in Spanish: 'Holy Mother of God,Holy Mother of God.' He pushed the body away and,sword in his right hand and dagger in his left,he scrambled to his feet,with a sense that the darkness around him was growing red.He felt a blow to the cheek,and his mouth filled with the familiar,metallic taste of blood.
The year is 1626,and a battle-weary Captain Alatriste and his companions sail home from the on-going war in Flanders.He returns to a Spain that is rotten to the core,as gold from the Americas floods into the port of Seville,brought by the country's treasure fleet.
As various factions within the Court vie for supremacy,certain people are creaming off undeclared profits from the galleon's cargo,thus depriving the royal treasury of its lifeblood.Indeed some of the booty is finding its way into the hands of the rebel provinces Spain is fighting to suppress.
The King and his most trusted advisor,the Count-Duke Olivares,have become aware of one such plot and have decided to teach the perpetrator a lesson.Once more,they call upon Captain Alatriste's blade in a dangerous adventure that will bring the captain face to face with a ruthless man who has designs on the future. . . .
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