Captain Alatriste
The start of a series following the titular Captain Alatriste, written in the style of a reminiscence by one of his friends.Whilst it's not too bad in getting the flavour of the period across, and setting up the characters and motivations, there's not too much in the way of swashbuckling adventure on the way.
Follows actual historical events, throwing our Captain into the midst of them (like many historical fictions do), but could do with more action and less philosophizing on the state of Spains aristocracy and people at the time.
