Wallenstein: The Enigma of the Thirty Years War

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.

Author: G. Mortimer
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/16/2010
Pages: 286
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780230272125

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2011

About the Author
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.

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