Books like Captain Alatriste
12 books with a reading profile close to Captain Alatriste by Arturo Pérez-Reverte. Practical, outward-looking, clear-cut and escapist; a moderate read.
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1
A Place Called Freedom
by Ken Follett
Also practical and outward-looking · history, entertainment
In 1767, Mack McAsh is a young coal miner in a Scottish mining community where workers are legally bound to their employer for life.
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300
by Frank Miller
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, entertainment
In 480 B.C., King Leonidas leads three hundred Spartan warriors to the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae to block the invading Persian army commanded by the self-proclaimed god-king Xerxes.
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Paris
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, entertainment
Edward Rutherfurd’s narrative follows several families—the aristocratic de Cygnes, the rebellious Le Sourds, and the Jewish Rochens—across centuries of French history.
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4
Gates of Fire
Also clear-cut · history, entertainment
Steven Pressfield’s historical novel reconstructs the Battle of Thermopylae through the eyes of Xeones, a squire and the sole survivor of the Spartan defense.
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil
Also clear-cut · history, entertainment
This book documents the rise and eventual dissolution of the American punk rock movement from the late 1960s through the 1980s.
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Small Sacrifices
by Ann Rule
Also clear-cut · history, entertainment
Ann Rule chronicles the 1983 shooting of the three children of Diane Downs on a rural Oregon road.
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Hamilton: The Revolution
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Hamilton: The Revolution documents the creation of the hip-hop musical from its inception at the White House to its Broadway premiere.
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Batman: Year One
by Frank Miller
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
The narrative follows Bruce Wayne’s return to Gotham City after twelve years of training abroad, documenting his amateurish early attempts at vigilantism and his eventual adoption of the bat persona.
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Eaters of the Dead
Also escapist · history, entertainment
Ahmad ibn Fadlan, a tenth-century Arab diplomat, is forced to accompany a group of Vikings on a journey to the northern lands.
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In the Company of the Courtesan
by Sarah Dunant
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
The story begins in 1527 during the Sack of Rome, as the luxury-loving prostitute Fiammetta Bianchini and her companion, the dwarf Bucino Teodoldi, escape the city’s destruction.
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Belgravia
Also practical and clear-cut · history, entertainment
On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, the Trenchard family attends a legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond.
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The Bandit Queens
entertainment, narrative
In a rural Indian village, Gehna remains an outcast because her neighbors believe she murdered her husband, Ramesh, who actually vanished years ago.
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