Author:
Mortimer, Geoff, 1944-
Imprint:Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Descriptionxi, 277 p., [8 p. of plates] : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Note:A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma -- No great expectations -- Early manhood -- Maturity -- Gradisca -- A scandal in Bohemia -- Richer than all his tribe -- Minting money -- A man of property -- The fault is not in our stars -- Some achieve greatness -- War without end -- A general and a duke -- Go, captain, greet the Danish king -- The Dessau bridge -- 1626: a campaign and a conference -- 1627-28: Denmark and Stralsund -- At the parting of the ways -- The Edict of Restitution -- An Italian entanglement -- The limits of power -- The wheel is come full circle -- Dismissal -- Intermezzo -- Resumption -- Once more unto the breach -- Wallenstein's second army -- Towards confrontation -- From the fury of the Norsemen deliver us -- The Alte Veste -- Lützen -- Of peace and other demons -- Exile intrigues -- Fruitless endeavours -- Decline and fall -- The gathering storm -- Hope springs eternal -- Condemned unheard -- Assassination is the quickest way -- Death, a necessary end -- Aftermath -- Requiem -- But Brutus says he was ambitious.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-268) and indexes.
