King''s Honor and the King''s Cardinal - The War of the Polish Succession

On another level, the plight of the mercenaries who did much of the fighting yet had no stake in the conflict beyond day-to-day survival is portrayed just as vividly in this clear-eyed examination of a dynastic war and its setting.

About the author

John L. Sutton teaches in the Department of History at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

Summary

Sutton's engrossing account, the first in any major European language to bring together the evidence from the great diplomatic and military archives of Europe, reveals the very essence of eighteenth-century warfare, with its grand campaigns as formal as minuets, its sieges as gentlemanly as court receptions.

Product details

• Authors: John L Sutton, John L. Sutton
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2014
• EAN: 9780813155012
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-5501-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries