The sun over Breda
By: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Series: Captain Alatriste -- 3
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780297848646; 9780297852469
Subjects: Fiction; Swordsmen; Captain Alatriste (Fictitious character); History
Work titles: Sol de Breda
Description: 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."