Althea M. (althea) reviewed The Sun Over Breda (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, Bk 3) on + 774 more book reviews
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This is the third in Perez-Reverte's 'Captain Alatriste' series, however, I felt that the author was inspired to write this book mostly out of a desire to write a book about the Siege of Breda and Velasquez' painting 'The Surrender of Breda', not because the events forward the ongoing story of Diego Alatriste and his squire (the narrator) Inigo. It almost seems random that these two characters are here, at these battles - they could almost be any two characters. (We don't get any more progress in Inigo's tragic(?) obsession with the beautiful Angelica de Alquezar, either). That said, however, if one is interested in a historical novel of Spain set during the Thirty Years' War, and a well-researched, interesting account of a soldier's life during those times, this is quite a good book.
S. I. (RedHeadDread) reviewed The Sun Over Breda (Adventures of Captain Alatriste, Bk 3) on + 43 more book reviews
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Less of an adventure story than the other Alatriste novels I've read, this one is more a lament for the plight of the Spanish infantryman of the time as he represents the common man, the spanish character, and the common solider. Good and well-written, but not as delightful or entertaining a read as the others.