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In this book, first published in 1944, the distinguished historian C. V. Wedgwood takes as her subject here the figure of William, Count of Nassau and Prince of Orange, who led the revolt of the Netherlands against the Spain of Philip II. The book is not only a masterpiece of biographical writing but a rich portrait of an age-a period of political, religious, and economic ferment that dramatically shaped the history of early modern Europe.'A r...

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A classic study of James Graham a hero, nobleman and military genius who struggled for years against the anti royalists in the Civil War in Scotland. It covers his life from his youth through to the marches across mountains and glens until he was executed in 1650.

Der Dreißigjährige Krieg besitzt in der Geschichte des Abendlandes mehr als andere Epochen immerwährende Aktualität. C.V. Wedgwoods Standardwerk spricht Fachleute und interessierte Laien gleichermaßen an: Diese gründliche und umfassende Studie vereint wissenschaftliche Akribie mit Kraft und Elan der Darstellung. Man wird diese Chronik des Chaos und der Verwüstung nicht lesen, ohne sich von dem starken persönlichen Engagement der Autorin mitrei...

Originally published: The trial of Charles I. London: Collins, 1964.

Written by the notable historian, Dame Veronica Wedgwood and originally published in the Collin's Pictures of Britain series, this book is an accessible text listing and explaining the major battles that occured within the British Isles from the Norman Conquest up to the 1940s.