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A sweeping, yet detailed account of the Thirty Years War,
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This review is from: The Winter King: Frederick V of the Palatinate and the Coming of the Thirty Years' War (Hardcover)
This book is an important work of scholarship for anyone interested in the Thiry Years War. Although it deals with a highly complex period, it nevertheless reads well for someone who does not know much about seventeenth century Europe. This fascinating account of the first stages of the war is told from the perspective of Friedrich V, who ruled Bohemia for less than a year and triggered the longest, most devastating of all the conflicts of the Early Modern period. Mercenaries and kings, unceasing diplomacy and bloody conflict, loyalty and betrayal, all are seen in this sweeping, yet detailed account. This bright, energetic work challenges the usual interpretations about the causes and course of the Thirty Years' War.
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The Winter King: Frederick V of the Palatinate and the Coming of the Thirty Years' War by Brennan C. Pursell (Hardcover - Nov. 2003)
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