Wallenstein: The Enigma of the Thirty Years War

By Geoff Mortimer

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230272126
• ISBN13: 9780230272125
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"