num_pages: 264
description: Acclaimed author Arturo Perez-Reverte s internationally bestselling series, the saga of the swordsman-for-hire Captain Alatriste, continues in"The Sun Over Breda." Fifteen-year-old Inigo Balboa enlists to serve as his master s aide, and narrates their further adventures of swordplay and skirmishes, mutiny and wartime honor, as Captain Alatriste rejoins his Cartagena regiment to take part in the battles and siege of Breda. In Spain, Alatriste s nemesis, Luis de Alquezar, grows more powerful, as Inigo s mysterious friend Angelica hints at some plans upon his return. Once again the exploits of the seventeenth-century mercenary will thrill and delight the legions of readers eager to cheer a hero for the ages."
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: El sol de Breda
titlecomplete: El sol de Breda (Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, #3)
characters: Sebastian Copons, Íñigo Balboa y Aguirre, Jaime Correas, Angelica de Alquezar, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Curro Garrote, Carmelo Bragado, Diego Velázquez, Diego Alatriste y Tenorio, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases
genres: Spanish Literature, 17th Century, Spain, Historical, Historical Fiction, Swashbuckling, Literature, War, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 5054
places: Oudkerk, Breda
series: Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste
publisher: Alfaguara