Wallenstein

Wallenstein

by G. Mortimer

"The Enigma of the Thirty Years War"

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Wallenstein Book Details

War:

Thirty Years' War

Perspective:

Researcher

True Story:

Yes

Biography:

No

Region:

Europe

Published Date:

2010

ISBN13:

9780230272125

Wallenstein Book Description

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.