G. Mortimer

Gebundenes Buch

Wallenstein

The Enigma of the Thirty Years War

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

GEOFF MORTIMER studied history and German at Oxford University, where he also taught at St Edmund Hall. His publications include Eyewitness Accounts of the Thirty Years War 1618-48 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002), Early Modern History, 1485-1815 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), and a number of articles on this period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-27212-5
• 2010 edition
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 495g
• ISBN-13: 9780230272125
• ISBN-10: 0230272126
• Artikelnr.: 29738552

Rezensionen

'...thanks to his profound knowledge of the Thirty Years War and his wide reading of both the older and most recent historiography, he is able to offer a very informative, trustworthy and readable account of Wallenstein's life.' The Journal of Military History