Download or read book Wallenstein written by G. Mortimer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albrecht Wallenstein was a legendary military commander and generalissimo of the Habsburg forces, yet was eventually assassinated on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand II. This accessible modern biography of Wallenstein for the English-speaking reader dispels the many historical myths surrounding this central character of the Thirty Years War.