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  • Albrecht Wallenstein was a legendary military commander and generalissimo of the Habsburg forces, yet was eventually assassinated on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand II.
  • About the Author: GEOFF MORTIMER studied history and German at Oxford University, where he also taught at St Edmund Hall.
  • 286 Pages
  • History, Europe

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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.



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'...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




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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.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.6 Inches (H) x 5.7 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)
Weight: .97 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 286
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Europe
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Theme: Germany
Format: Hardcover
Author: G Mortimer
Language: English
Street Date: July 16, 2010
TCIN: 1005239431
UPC: 9780230272125
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-6498
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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