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Wallenstein: The Enigma of the Thirty Years War

By Geoff Mortimer

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
ISBN
0230272134, 9780230272132, 0230272126, 9780230272125
LCC
D270.W19 M67 2010
Open Library ID
OL24580062M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1826550 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
299\299
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Аме

Description

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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