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remocpi's review
4.0
El cuarto Alatriste de Reverte. En esta ocasión el autor nos hace una nueva visita a la sevilla del XVII, Sevilla que ya sabemos cuánto ama desde La piel del tambor. El comercio con las Américas toma protagonismo, así como misiones relacionadas con los puertos y la mar. Y de trasfondo siempre, los temas eternos en esta serie, el honor, el valor, la amistad, la fidelidad, el odio acerbo, y el qué buen vasallo si tuviera buen señor de nuestra Españita, en boca de Reverte. Otro tomo fantástico de la serie homenaje a Dumas y los folletines.
bobareann's review against another edition
2.0
There was a pretty memorable scene involving a ruffians comrades partying before his hanging, but otherwise, I couldn't tell if we were supposed to like the main character and his mentor or what.
tcfjr's review
4.0
I finished The King's Gold, the fourth Captain Alatriste novel by Arturo Perez-Reverte. Set in Spain in the 1620's, the Captain and his ward Inigo are chosen for some royal intrigue in Seville after their arrival back from Flanders – including some tests from Angelica, and the return of an old enemy.
This series gets better with each entry.
http://goption.com/2012/06/the-kings-gold/
This series gets better with each entry.
http://goption.com/2012/06/the-kings-gold/
otterno11's review against another edition
3.0
The fourth of Perez-Reverte's "Captain Alatriste" series, all of which I have enjoyed so far, "The King's Gold" brings the Captain and his protege back to a corrupt and gritty seventeenth century Spain from the battlefields of Flanders. The last of Alatriste's adventures was a bit of a departure from the swashbuckling first two novels, focusing more on the terrors of war, but this returns to those earlier themes. Alatriste, the reluctant yet deadly swordsman and well read soldier of Spain and his young accomplice Inigo find themselves involved in a conspiracy involving, oddly enough, the king's gold.
Told, once again, through the eyes of Inigo, writing his memoirs years after the events of the book, the framing narrative detracts a bit from the novel's action, particularly when Inigo refers or mentions events that have not happened yet. On the other hand, this allows Perez Reverte even more ability to really bring to life the world of a declining Seville, complete with the literature, history, and daily life of the time and it can become difficult to sort out the history from the fiction in the tale (this is especially true with the poem by Francisco de Quevedo at the conclusion which mentions Alatriste. I am looking forward to the next one.
Told, once again, through the eyes of Inigo, writing his memoirs years after the events of the book, the framing narrative detracts a bit from the novel's action, particularly when Inigo refers or mentions events that have not happened yet. On the other hand, this allows Perez Reverte even more ability to really bring to life the world of a declining Seville, complete with the literature, history, and daily life of the time and it can become difficult to sort out the history from the fiction in the tale (this is especially true with the poem by Francisco de Quevedo at the conclusion which mentions Alatriste. I am looking forward to the next one.
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