The Battle of Haarlem is inspired by the true story of the siege of Haarlem (The Netherlands) by the Spaniards in 1572 during the Eighty Years War between the Netherlands and Spain. In the lead is the legend Kenau, who led an army of women and managed to keep the city out of the Spanish Duke of Alvas hands for long enough that the Dutch Prince, William of Orange, was able to drive the Spanish out. It is the history of the birth of a nation.