A review by andrejt
Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

3.0

3.5 stars. Reminiscent of The Three Musketeers, but the romantic youthful flair of d'Artagnan is replaced by the tired and fatalistic realism of Alatriste. No surprise here: the story is set in Madrid at a time when the Spanish Empire has already started its long decline. There are many literary references, but they're much less subtle than in Perez-Reverte's another famous book, The Club Dumas.