The Thirty Years War

C. V. Wedgwood, Anthony Grafton (Foreword by)

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Author
C. V. Wedgwood, Anthony Grafton (Foreword by)
Publish Date
2005-06-30
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
New York Review of Books
Number of Pages
536
ISBN-10
1590171462
ISBN-13
9781590171462
citemno
174286
SKU
9781590171462

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.