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The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet
- Author
- Arturo Perez-Reverte
- Narrator
- Eddie Lopez
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 17 November 2020
- Run Time
- 8 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
king is determined to keep the captain on retainer and—as a veteran with no other livelihood—he must remain, even as his
“employment” brings him uncomfortably close to old enemies. While Íñigo pursues an ill-fated romance with the lovely but sinister
Angélica de Alequézar, Alatriste begins an affair with the famous, and famously beautiful, actress María Castro. However, he soon
discovers that the cost of her favors may be more than he bargained for, especially when he and Íñigo become unwilling participants in a
court conspiracy that could lead them both to the gallows. …
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Details
- Author
- Arturo Perez-Reverte
- Narrator
- Eddie Lopez
- Duration
- 8 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 November 2020
- ISBN
- 9781980097013
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Historical fiction
Synopsis
In the cosmopolitan world of seventeenth-century Madrid, Captain Alatriste and his protégé Íñigo are fish out of water. But theking is determined to keep the captain on retainer and—as a veteran with no other livelihood—he must remain, even as his“employment” brings him uncomfortably close to old enemies. While Íñigo pursues an ill-fated romance with the lovely but sinisterAngélica de Alequézar, Alatriste begins an affair with the famous, and famously beautiful, actress María Castro. However, he soondiscovers that the cost of her favors may be more than he bargained for, especially when he and Íñigo become unwilling participants in acourt conspiracy that could lead them both to the gallows. …
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