An accessible modern interpretation for the English-speaking reader which dispels the many historical myths surrounding this central character of the Thirty Years War. Albrecht Wallenstein was a legendary military commander and generalissimo of the Habsburg forces, yet was eventually assassinated on the ordersof Emperor Ferdinand II. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Conventions and References - A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery inside an Enigma - No Great Expectations - Early Manhood - A Scandal in Bohemia - Richer Than All his Tribe - The Fault Is Not in our Stars- Some Achieve Greatness - Go, Captain, Greet the Danish King - At the Parting of the Ways - The Wheel Is Come Full Circle - Once More unto the Breach - From the Fury of the Norsemen Deliver Us - Of Peace and Other Demons - Decline and Fall - Assassination Is the Quickest Way - But Brutus Says He Was Ambitious- References - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-27213-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 23/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés