G. Mortimer

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Wallenstein (eBook, PDF)

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.

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• Größe: 8.98MB

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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 UK
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230282100
• Artikelnr.: 44926715

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