

That was confirmed in 1996, when was published the first book of his Captain Alatriste saga, which has been his trademark.

That was in 1994, but his debut as a fiction writer started in 1983, with 'El húsar', a historical novella inspired in the Napoleonic era.Īlthough his debut was not quite successful, in 1988, with 'The Fencing Master', he put his name as a serious writer of historic novels. He put this experience into his book 'Territorio Comanche', focusing on the years of Bosnian massacres. As a war journalist he traveled to several countries, covering many conflicts. Then, he jumped to news reporter for TVE, Spanish national channel. He started his journalistic career writing for the now-defunct newspaper Pueblo. He worked as a war reporter for twenty-one years (1973 - 1994). Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez, is a Spanish novelist and ex-journalist.
