An edition of El sol de Breda (1998)

The sun over Breda

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An edition of El sol de Breda (1998)

The sun over Breda

  • 4.0 (6 ratings) ·
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  • 1 Currently reading
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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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English
Pages
275

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Cover of: The Sun Over Breda
The Sun Over Breda: The Adventures of Captain Alatriste
2008, Phoenix
in English
Cover of: The sun over Breda
The sun over Breda
2007, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
in English
Cover of: The Sun Over Breda
The Sun Over Breda
December 28, 2006, Putnam Adult
in English
Cover of: Ispanskai Ła i Łarost £
Ispanskai Ła i Łarost £
2005, E ksmo
in Russian
Cover of: El sol de Breda.
El sol de Breda.
2004, Punto de Lectura
in Spanish
Cover of: Le soleil de Breda
Le soleil de Breda
May 6, 2000, Seuil
Mass Market Paperback in French
Cover of: El sol de Breda
El sol de Breda
September 1999, Alfaguara
Paperback in Spanish

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London
Series
Captain Alatriste -- 3

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
863.64
Library of Congress
PQ6666.E763 S65 2007, PQ6666.E765

The Physical Object

Pagination
275 pages
Number of pages
275

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28259500M
Internet Archive
sunoverbreda0000pere
ISBN 10
029784864X, 0297852469
ISBN 13
9780297848646, 9780297852469
OCLC/WorldCat
148265439

Work Description

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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