In Modern Literature
The 1624–1625 siege is the subject of the 1998 novel El sol de Breda (The Sun Over Breda) by the Spanish writer Arturo Perez-Reverte, part of this author's Captain Alatriste series.
The events of the siege – including both the gruelling fighting with the Dutch and the infighting among the Spanish, including a major mutiny by unpaid Spanish troops – are depicted from the point of view of a boy serving with the Spanish forces. The realistic depiction of war and soldiers' daily life seems influenced by the writer's own long experience as a war correspondent.
The siege appears in the film Alatriste adapted from the novel series.
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