A review by abeanbg
The Thirty Years War by C. V. Wedgwood

5.0

Masterfully researched and written. It can be hard to keep a handle on the various names, micro-states, and competing interests, but Wedgwood handles it all extremely well. If there's a flaw to this book it's just that she wrote a generation too soon. There are some sections that focus on the devastations and follys that thirty years of continuous war generates, but it can get forgotten. I'd love if her skill for historical narrative had been applied to a people's history perspective.