Wallenstein
Subtitle: the enigma of the Thirty Years War
By: Geoff Mortimer
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780230272125; 9780230272132
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma; title: No great expectations; title: Early manhood; title: Maturity gradisca; title: A scandal in Bohemia; title: Richer than all his tribe; title: Minting money; title: A man of property; title: The fault is not in our stars; title: Some achieve greatness; title: War without end; title: A general and a duke; title: Go, Captain, greet the Danish king; title: The Dessau bridge; title: 1626 : a campaign and a conference; title: 1627-28 : Denmark and Stralsund; title: At the parting of the ways; title: The Edict of Restitution; title: An Italian entanglement; title: The limits of power; title: The wheel is come full circle; title: Dismissal; title: Intermezzo; title: Resumption; title: Once more unto the breach; title: Wallenstein's second army; title: Towards confrontation; title: From the fury of the Norsemen deliver us; title: The Alte Veste; title: Lützen; title: Of peace and other demons; title: Exile intrigues; title: Fruitless endeavours; title: Decline and fall; title: The gathering storm; title: Hope springs eternal; title: Condemned unheard; title: Assassination is the quickest way; title: Death, a necessary end; title: Aftermath; title: Requiem; title: But Brutus says he was ambitious.