mass market paperback, 263 pages
French language
Published March 9, 2000 by Seuil.
4 stars
(3 reviews)
Wounded seventeenth-century Spanish soldier Alatriste works as a swordsman-for-hire in Madrid, but when his latest job takes an unexpectedly deadly turn, he realizes he is in the employ of one of the Spanish Inquisition's most dangerous figures.
