Wallenstein

The Enigma of the Thirty Years War
2010. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-27213-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Albrecht Wallenstein was a legendary military commander and generalissimo of the Habsburg forces, yet was eventually assassinated on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand II. This accessible modern biography of Wallenstein for the English-speaking reader dispels the many historical myths surrounding this central character of the Thirty Years War.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mortimer, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Conventions and References A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery inside an Enigma No Great Expectations Early Manhood A Scandal in Bohemia Richer Than All his Tribe The Fault Is Not in our Stars Some Achieve Greatness Go, Captain, Greet the Danish King At the Parting of the Ways The Wheel Is Come Full Circle Once More unto the Breach From the Fury of the Norsemen Deliver Us Of Peace and Other Demons Decline and Fall Assassination Is the Quickest Way But Brutus Says He Was Ambitious References Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

GEOFF MORTIMER studied history and German at Oxford University, where he also taught at St Edmund Hall. His publications include (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002), (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), and a number of articles on this period.