Wallenstein
by Golo Mann
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Non Fiction, History, Biography of Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland and Mecklenburg (September 24, 1583 - February 25, 1634), 17th century, European history, Religious war, Thirty years war, 1618-1648, Political life and war in central Europe before and during the 30 Years War, First published, under the title: "Wallenstein. Sein Leben erzählt von Golo Mann", by S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., 1971, 8vo, 1368 pp., First US edition, under the title: "Wallenstein, His Life Narrated by Golo Mann", Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Austin, 1976, translated by Charles Kessler, 909 pp., First UK edition, Deutsch, London, My Italian edition, under the title: "Wallenstein", Sansoni, Firenze, 1981, translated by Tullia show more Nava, revised by Davide Bigalli, 972 pp., ill., Film, TV mini series, 1978, 4 episodes, directed by Franz Peter Wirth, with Rolf Boysen (Wallenstein), Romuald Pekny, Werner Kreindl, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer show less
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Fischer Taschenbuch (13654)
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- Canonical title
- Wallenstein
- People/Characters*
- Albrecht von Wallenstein
- Important places*
- Böhmen; Hermanitz
- Epigraph*
- Ja, er fing's klein an und ist jetzt so groß,
Denn zu Altdorf, im Studentenkragen,
trieb er's, mit Permiß zu sagen,
ein wenig locker und purschikos. (Schiller) - First words*
- Das Dorf Hermanitz liegt im Osten des schönen Landes Böhmen, an der Elbe oder Labe, dort, wo sie nach Süden fließt.
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- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 940.2 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe 1453-1913
- LCC
- D270 .W19 .M3 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General) Modern history, 1453- 1601-1715. 17th century Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
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