Slitherine

Am looking for a book on the 30 TYW, a written eyewittness account something to give the feel of the period more so than battles/campaigns something about the soldiers life that sort of thing. Any help most welcome.

Dave

Try this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicius_Simplicissimus

Not of TYW but it could help (its book is autobiography and doesn't fall in the picaresque novel):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_de_Contreras

...This I thought was quite a good graphic to illustrate how complex the TYW was ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thirt ... _graph.svg

madaxeman wrote:...This I thought was quite a good graphic to illustrate how complex the TYW was ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thirt ... _graph.svg

What a mess! No wonder the Imperialists dominated, as they were the only ones in for the long haul.

Maybe the ECW is not so tangled after all . . .

Great graph.

I just brought The Thirty Years War Europe's Tragedy by Peter H Wilson ISBn 978-0-674-0634-5 from Barnes & Noble for $35, or just over a buck a year !

Over a 1000 pages on the topic

I have Wedgwood "The Thirty Years War"