The Thirty Years War
By: C.V. Wedgwood ; foreward by Anthony Grafton.
Series: New York Review Books classics
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 520
Subjects: Habsburg, House of.; Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.
Description: Europe in 1618 was riven between Protestants and Catholics, Bourbon and Hapsburg--as well as empires, kingdoms, and countless principalities. After angry Protestants tossed three representatives of the Holy Roman Empire out the window of the royal castle in Prague, world war spread from Bohemia with relentless abandon, drawing powers from Spain to Sweden into a nightmarish world of famine, disease, and seemingly unstoppable destruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: London : J. Cape, 1938.