Descripciones mejoradas de Syndetics:

A hacker that breaks into the Vatican computers; a baroque church that kills to defend itself; a beautiful young aristocrat from Seville; a handsome priest who is also an undercover agent; a jealous banker and his gambler secretary; these are the characters of a wild, enigmatic plot that keeps the reader guessing.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• I. El hombre de Roma(p. 19)
• II. Tres malvados(p. 55)
• III. Once bares en Triana(p. 95)
• IV. Azahar y naranjas amargas(p. 135)
• V. Las veinte perlas del capitan Xaloc(p. 175)
• VI. La corbata de Lorenzo Quart(p. 221)
• VII. La botella de Anis del Mono(p. 265)
• VIII. Una dama andaluza(p. 301)
• IX. El mundo es un panuelo(p. 331)
• X. In Ictu Oculi(p. 381)
• XI. El baul de Carlota Bruner(p. 427)
• XII. La ira de Dios(p. 469)
• XIII. El Canela Fina(p. 501)
• XIV. La misa de ocho(p. 543)
• XV. Visperas(p. 565)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Novelist and former journalist Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez was born in Cartagena, Spain on November 25, 1951. He started his journalistic career writing for the Spanish newspaper Pueblo and later for Television Espanola - the Spanish state owned television, in the role of war correspondant. He worked as a war correspondent from 1973 to1994 before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, El húsar, which was set in the Napoleonic Wars, was published in 1986, and he is well-known internationally for his popular Captain Alatriste fiction series, which takes place in 17th-century Europe. Pérez-Reverte has been elected to the Spanish Royal Academy.

(Bowker Author Biography)