The First Global War and the end of Habsburg Supremacy
by John Pike
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9781526775795
Pub Date: 2025-04-28
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
520 Pages
The 'Defenestration of Prague', the coup d'etat staged by Protestant Bohemian nobles against officials of the Hapsburg Emperor triggered the Thirty Years War. When Habsburg Spain intervened in support...
For over 70 years, from 1643 to 1715, Louis XIV fought a series of increasingly bitter wars with the Dutch, the Spanish, the British and the Austrians. During his long reign France was the foremost...
Military Revolution, Rivalry and Tragedy in the Thirty Years War
by John Pike
Price: $62.95
ISBN: 9781399012652
Pub Date: 2024-05-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Pen and Sword Military
544 Pages
The conflict, personal rivalry and contrast in personality, generalship and command, between the two iconic commanders in the Thirty Years War, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden for the Protestant powers, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland.
In 1688, a vast fleet of 463 ships, twice the size of the Spanish Armada, put to sea from Holland. On board was William of Orange with 40,000 soldiers – their objective, England. The Protestant William...
Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas, but this was only a small part of an extraordinary life filled with danger and adventure. As a soldier, he fought the Turks...
In terms of quality, historical significance and sheer numbers, the Kriegstein family’s ship model collection in the United States is the finest in private hands anywhere in the world. Principally...
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