The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy. by Wilson, Peter H - 2011

Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2011. reprint. Softcover. Very Good/None. Softcover, 997 pages, color and b&w illustrations. A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world. When defiant Bohemians tossed the Habsburg emperor’s envoys from the castle windows in Prague in 1618, the Holy Roman Empire struck back with a vengeance. Bohemia was ravaged by mercenary troops in the first battle of a conflagration that would engulf Europe from Spain to Sweden. The sweeping narrative encompasses dramatic events and unforgettable individuals―the sack of Magdeburg; the Dutch revolt; the Swedish militant king Gustavus Adolphus; the imperial generals, opportunistic Wallenstein and pious Tilly; and crafty diplomat Cardinal Richelieu. In a major… Read More

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2011. Soft cover. Very Good. 5x2x8. Book has minor wear. May require extra postage. ***PROMPT, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE!***

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Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2009. 1st. Softcover. Very Good/None. 997 pages. Softcover with normal minor wear. Clean and tight copy. Record # 2230667

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Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2011. Soft cover. New.

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