Swordplay and Derring-Do in 1600s Madrid ; * Purity of Blood, by Arturo Perez-Reverte; Putnam, 288 Pages, $23.95.

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 25, 2006

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Novelist Arturo Perez-Reverte won my heart with his thrilling international bestseller "The Fencing Master." He also took up swords for a series that stars Capt. Diego Alatriste, swordsman for hire in 17th-century Spain.

The first of the novels, "Captain Alatriste," was published in the United States last spring, after taking Europe by storm. It has been made into a movie starring Viggo Mortensen, which might not make it to many suburban cineplexes: It's in Spanish.

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Swordplay and Derring-Do in 1600s Madrid ; * Purity of Blood, by Arturo Perez-Reverte; Putnam, 288 Pages, $23.95.

Poor Alatriste, living in a corrupt and overripe Madrid caught betwe...

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