Purity of Blood
- ISBN-10
- 0452287987
- ISBN-13
- 9780452287983
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-11-28
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Description
Hired to rescue a man's daughter from a convent where a powerful corrupt priest is forcing her to be his personal concubine, Alatriste finds himself thrust into a religious and political conspiracy with ties to the highest levels of the Inquisition. Reprint.
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