Wallenstein
| Titel: | Wallenstein : The enigma of the thirty years war / Geoff Mortimer |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010 |
| Umfang: | XI,277 S. : Ill. ; 22x14x2 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 9780230272132 ; 0230272134 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Kurzbeschreibung
Ausführliche Beschreibung Autorenbiografie Inhaltsverzeichnis Cover |
X
- List of Illustrations
- p. vii
- Conventions, References, Author
- p. viii
- 1
- A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery inside an Enigma
- p. 1
- 2
- No Great Expectations
- p. 6
- Early manhood
- p. 9
- Maturity
- p. 15
- Gradisca
- p. 18
- 3
- A Scandal in Bohemia
- p. 22
- 4
- Richer Than All His Tribe
- p. 35
- Minting money
- p. 38
- A man of property
- p. 41
- 5
- The Fault Is Not in Our Stars
- p. 52
- 6
- Some Achieve Greatness
- p. 68
- War without end
- p. 70
- A general and a duke
- p. 75
- 7
- Go, Captain, Greet the Danish King
- p. 82
- The Dessau bridge
- p. 82
- 1626: A campaign and a conference
- p. 88
- 1627-28: Denmark and Stralsund
- p. 95
- 8
- At the Parting of the Ways
- p. 106
- The Edict of Restitution
- p. 111
- An Italian entanglement
- p. 114
- The limits of power
- p. 117
- 9
- The Wheel Is Come Full Circle
- p. 123
- Dismissal
- p. 123
- Intermezzo
- p. 132
- Resumption
- p. 138
- 10
- Once More unto the Breach
- p. 139
- Wallenstein's second army
- p. 142
- Towards confrontation
- p. 147
- 11
- From the Fury of the Norsemen Deliver Us
- p. 153
- The Alte Veste
- p. 153
- Lützen
- p. 164
- 12
- Of Peace and Other Demons
- p. 177
- Exile intrigues
- p. 182
- Fruitless endeavours
- p. 186
- 13
- Decline and Fall
- p. 199
- The gathering storm
- p. 201
- Hope springs eternal
- p. 209
- Condemned unheard
- p. 213
- 14
- Assassination Is the Quickest Way
- p. 221
- Death, a necessary end
- p. 227
- Aftermath
- p. 232
- Requiem
- p. 238
- 15
- But Brutus Says He Was Ambitious
- p. 240
- References
- p. 254
- Bibliography
- p. 264
- Index
- p. 269
