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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230272134
• ISBN13: 9780230272132
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"