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Diego Alatriste, a 17th-century mercenary and wily veteran of campaigns from Italy to Flanders, is part of the army of Spanish King Philip IVa defender of the Catholic faiththat's trying to suppress the Calvinist heretics of the Low Countries. Narrated is retrospect by igo Balboa, who at the time of the action was Alatriste's 14-year-old page, this installment focuses on the Spaniards' siege of the fortified rebel city of Breda. As the stalemate drags on, the battle becomes less "a matter of military interest to Spain but, rather, one of reputation."
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Swordsmen, Adventure stories, Fiction, Diego Alatriste (Fictitious character), History, Captain Alatriste (Fictitious character), Spanish fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, historical, general, Netherlands, fiction, Spain, fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, war & militaryPlaces
Spain, Breda, Netherlands, Breda (Netherlands)Showing 7 featured editions. View all 28 editions?
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The Sun Over Breda: The Adventures of Captain Alatriste
2008, Phoenix
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0753823608 9780753823606
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Tercera entrega de Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, El sol de Breda escenifica las batallas y el asedio de la ciudad de Breda en 1625 por los Tercios españoles en Flandes. El joven vasco Íñigo de Balboa es el narrador, como siempre, pero ahora adquiere en este relato un papel más protagonista: es mochilero del tercio viejo de Cartagena, donde sirve de ayudante a su amo el capitán Alatriste, y empuña por primera vez las armas en el combate. Íñigo será, en esta aventura, testigo del sometimiento de la ciudad por las tropas españolas, y describirá años más tarde al pintor Diego Velázquez, para que los inmortalice en un famoso cuadro, los rostros de los participantes en la batalla: el general Ambrosio Spínola, un respetado guerrero con dotes de político, que abortará el conato de un motín de las tropas, hartas de pelear sin que vean recompensados sus esfuerzos con una paga que nunca llega, y que el general les adelantará de sus acaudaladas arcas o el maestre de campo Pedro de la Daga, despreciativo con sus tropas hasta la crueldad, o el dubitativo capitán Carmelo Bragado y el valiente soldado Sebastián Copons, veteranos todos de las pasadas guerras en Nápoles y camaradas del capitán Alatriste.
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