Major Player: Albrecht von Wallenstein
Wallenstein is one of the more interesting historical figures to emerge from the Thirty Years War and possibly the most notorious.
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Major Player: Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden
For someone who was involved in the Thirty Years War a mere two years, Gustav Adolf left an oversized impression. But that was par for for course for a man who spent his life virtually racing from one unqualified success …
Real Historical Figures Turned into Fantasy Characters
One of the great joys of writing the Desolate Empire series has been fictionalizing real people. There are some huge benefits to this approach. I can turn about half of them into women and/or I can slander them egregiously. It’s …
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Major Player: Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Since the majority of my main characters are based on historical figures, I thought I’d profile some of them, and then let you figure out who’s who. No, actually I’ll totally hit you over the head with the who’s who. …