Description: A contextualised modern-spelling edition of Herman Hugo's classic first-hand account of one of the most famous sieges in in early modern European history.
Brief description: Paul Arblaster is a historian and translator who teaches in the Marie Haps Faculty of Translation and Interpreting at UCLouvain, Belgium. He has published on various aspects of early-modern communication, translation, persecution and exile.
Review Quotes:
"Paul Arblaster's edition of the key text for the important siege of Breda in 1624-5 is both very interesting in its own right and also an introduction to the public language of warfare in the seventeenth century, one that is still relevant today." --Jeremy Black, author of Rethinking Military History
"Herman Hugo's Latin account of the Spanish siege of Breda provides what is probably the most extensive and valuable description of the planning, unfolding, and consequences of an early modern siege. The detailed events are brought to life in this outstanding new edition of Henry Gage's contemporary translation, capably edited and contextualized by Paul Arblaster. The work is an invaluable resource for students and scholars both of early modern Europe and of the history of war." --David Parrott, University of Oxford, UK