Captain Alatriste

Captain Alastrite
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Action

Captain Alastrite is about a mercenary, a hired assassin. He is in 18th century Spain. The story is told from the view of a small child who accompanies the Captain on his misadventures. In this story the Captain is hired to kill the Prince of England, who is disguised as a merchant. And as the Captain is about to kill him, he finds out the Princes real identity and is forced to kill his former comrades in order to prevent a war between Spain and England. However, because of this, the people who hired him are now set to kill him. And the story tells about how he is hiding from his employers to save another mans life.

I would recommend this book to people who like a action story. It is average length, but everyone speaks differently because it takes place in the 18th century.