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Start with Captain Alatriste and continue through all 6 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Arturo Perez Reverte • Published 1996
Fresh from years of war in Flanders, soldier-for-hire Diego Alatriste scrapes by taking dangerous jobs in 1620s Madrid. When he and Italian killer Gualterio Malatesta are paid to attack two mysterious English traveler...
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Ends with Pirates of the Levant
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Book 1:Captain Alatriste
Arturo Perez Reverte • 1996
Fresh from years of war in Flanders, soldier-for-hire Diego Alatriste scrapes by taking dangerous jobs in 1620s Madrid. When he and Italian killer Gualterio Malatesta are paid to attack two mysterious English traveler...
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Book 2:Purity of Blood
Arturo Perez Reverte • 1997
In Madrid of 1623, Captain Alatriste is hired to rescue a young woman of converso background being held in a corrupt convent against her family’s wishes. As he and Íñigo move against powerful enemies, they collide wit...
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Book 3:The Sun Over Breda
Arturo Perez Reverte • 1998
Teenage Íñigo Balboa follows Captain Alatriste to the Dutch city of Breda, where Spanish tercios fight a grinding siege. Amid mud, hunger, and brutal assaults, he witnesses both heroism and cruelty, and sees how real...
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Book 4:The King's Gold
Arturo Perez Reverte • 2000
After the bloody siege of Breda, Captain Alatriste and Íñigo head to Seville and are hired to assemble a crew of cutthroats for a secret mission. Their target is contraband gold hidden in a treasure fleet galleon, but...
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Book 5:The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet
Arturo Perez Reverte • 2003
In seventeenth-century Madrid, Captain Alatriste becomes the lover of famed actress María de Castro, only to find that powerful men covet her too. Drawn into a court plot that touches King Philip IV himself, Alatriste...
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Book 6:Pirates of the Levant
Arturo Perez Reverte • 2006
Captain Alatriste and his foster son Íñigo escape Madrid’s intrigues by signing on to a Spanish war galley. From Naples to the coasts of North Africa and Malta, they face corsairs, shipboard mutiny, and brutal sea bat...
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What is the best order to read the Captain Alatriste series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Captain Alatriste.
How many books are in the Captain Alatriste series?
There are 6 books currently listed in the Captain Alatriste series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Captain Alatriste series?
New readers should start with Captain Alatriste, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Captain Alatriste series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 1996 to 2006.