Wallenstein: The Enigma of the Thirty Years War - Brossura

Mortimer, Geoff

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ISBN 10: 0230272134 ISBN 13: 9780230272132

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Riassunto

A minor Bohemian nobleman who within the space of a few years became a prince and one of the greatest landowners of his age; a military entrepreneur who twice saved the Holy Roman Emperor from disaster with armies he raised, financed and led, but was then twice dismissed; an able general who rescued the Empire from invasion by the Swedish King Gustavus II Adolphus, but was accused of planning to defect to the self-same Swedes; the emperor's commander-in-chief, but assassinated on the emperor's orders; a successful soldier who fell because he tried too hard to make peace; Wallenstein was all these things. Contemporary legends and propaganda were taken up by early biographers of this fascinating character to create a historical myth, elements of which are still present in many more recent accounts. In this book, Geoff Mortimer sets out to clarify the picture and to resolve the enigma.

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Recensione:

'...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

Descrizione del libro:

A concise and accessible biography of Albrecht Wallenstein, legendary military commander and generalissimo of the Habsburg forces in the Thirty Years War and a major figure in European history

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230272134
• ISBN 13: 9780230272132
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 277