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The sun over Breda
The sun over Breda

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Flanders, 1625. After his tussles with the Inquisition and the intrigue of the Spanish court, Captain Alatriste has returned to the mud and desperation of the long war in Flanders. This is Inigo's first experience of war and the realities of hand to hand combat. It is on the battlefield that he will finally have the chance to become a man and prove his worth. The troops are weary and ill-nourished and the winter has been long. As Spain sinks ever further into depravity and corruption, the soldiers have not been paid and must survive by whatever ways they can. Mutiny is in the air, on the lips of every Spaniard but they are strong and their famous iron discipline has brought them many victories against the Calvinist forces of the heretics. Reputation, honour, and the glory of Spain will keep them in the fight, but for how long? Meanwhile, the Captain's trusted friend Quevedo's star is rising at court and he keeps Alatriste appraised of the machinations of his arch-enemy Luis de Alquezar and the notorious assassin with the black heart, Gualterio Malatesta.

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  • Binding Paperback
  • Author Arturo Pérez-Reverte
  • ISBN13 9780297852469
  • ISBN10 0297852469
  • Pages 290
  • Published 2007
  • Fecha de publicación 01/01/2007
  • Language English
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

1951 (Cartagena, España) See page of Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Arturo Pérez-Reverte se dedica en exclusiva a la literatura, tras dejar su carrera de reportero de prensa, radio y televisión, cubriendo informativamente conflictos internacionales. De su producción literaria destacan títulos como El húsar (1986), El maestro de esgrima (1988), La tabla de Flandes (1990), El club Dumas (1993), La sombra del águila (1993), Territorio comanche (1994), La piel del tambor (1995), La carta esférica (2000), Con ánimo de ofender (2001), La Reina del Sur (2002), Cabo Trafalgar (2004), El pintor de batallas (2006), Un día de cólera (2007), Ojos azules (2009), Cuando éramos honrados mercenarios (2009) y la colección Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste, iniciada en 1996. Estos títulos consolidan una espectacular carrera literaria más allá de nuestras fronteras, donde ha recibido importantes galardones literarios, entre los cuales cabe destacar el Grand Prix de literatura policíaca de Francia (1993) y Premio Palle Rosenkranz de Dinamarca por El club Dumas (1994) o el premio Jean Monnet de literatura europea por La piel del tambor (1997). En 1998 es nombrado Caballero de la Orden de las Letras y las Artes de Francia; en 2003, miembro de la Real Academia Española y en 2004, primer Doctor Honoris Causa de la Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena.
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The sun over Breda

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