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A minor Bohemian nobleman who within the space of a few years became a prince and one of the greatest landowners of his age; a military entrepreneur who twice saved the Holy Roman Emperor from disaster with armies he raised, financed and led, but was then twice dismissed; an able general who rescued the Empire from invasion by the Swedish King Gustavus II Adolphus, but was accused of planning to defect to the self-same Swedes; the emperor's commander-in-chief, but assassinated on the emperor's orders; a successful soldier who fell because he tried too hard to make peace; Wallenstein was all these things. Contemporary legends and propaganda were taken up by early biographers of this fascinating character to create a historical myth, elements of which are still present in many more recent accounts. In this book, Geoff Mortimer sets out to clarify the picture and to resolve the enigma.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Wallenstein
• Author: Geoff Mortimer
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 286
• EAN: 9780230272125
• ISBN: 0230272126
• ID: 04553201
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Weight: 528 g
• Dimensions: 148 × 224 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. July 2010

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