The Thirty Years War
Written by C.V. Wedgwood
Foreword by Anthony Grafton
Format: Trade Paperback, 536 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2005
Price: $19.95
Europe in 1618 was riven between Protestants and Catholics, Bourbon and Hapsburg--as well as empires, kingdoms, and countless principalities. After angry Protestants tossed three representatives of the Holy Roman Empire out the window of the royal castle in Prague, world war spread from Bohemia with relentless abandon, drawing powers from Spain...
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Batavia's Graveyard
The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Meeting
Written by Mike Dash
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 5, 2002
Price: $15.95
From the bestselling author of
Tulipomania comes
Batavia’s Graveyard, the spellbinding true story of mutiny, shipwreck, murder, and survival.
It was the autumn of 1628, and the Batavia, the Dutch East India Company’s flagship, was loaded with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java. The...
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