The Thirty Years' War

The second edition of this classic work has been thoroughly revised, synthesizing the major work in the field, in all languages, up to the present day. Covering the horrors of the war, the contorted politics of the period and all the major figures, the new edition includes maps, a six-nation chronology, genealogies and an index which gives the birth-date and other pertinent facts about each person listed.

The first edition of The Thirty Years' War offered an unrivalled survey of a central period in European history. Drawing on a huge body of source material from different languages and countries throughout Europe, it provided a clear and comprehensive narrative and analytical account of the subject. It has established itself as the classic text with reviewers, students and the general reader.This second edition has been thoroughly revised to include the very latest research. The updated bibliographical information provides an invaluable resource, synthesising the major work in the field, in all languages, up to 1996.Written with great clarity and liveliness, the book brings alive the period in all its aspects. It covers the horrors of the war and the contorted politics of the period. It deals with all the major figures, including Wallerstein and Richelieu, Gustavus Adolphus and Tilly, the Winter King and the Habsburg emperors. For range and depth of coverage there is no other work like it. It has become the definitive book on the subject.

Geoffrey Parker, Simon Adams, Gerhard Benecke, Richard J. Bonney, John H. Elliot, R.J.W. Evans, Christopher R. Friedrichs ,Bodo Nischan, E. Ladewig Petersen, Michael Roberts