Amalia Elisabeth, Landgrafin von Hessen-Kassel; Helfferich, Tryntje

THE IRON PRINCESS: Amalia Elisabeth and the Thirty Years War.

Pp. [x]+320(last blank), 10 plates, 2 maps (one double page), notes, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, a couple of spots of foxing to edges of leaves; Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 2013. First edition. *Amalia Elisabeth (1602-1651) married the future William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1619. 'Stranded in exile after the death of her husband, Amalia Elisabeth stymied the manoeuvres of male relatives and advisers who hoped to seize control of the affairs of her tiny German state of Hesse-Cassel' [wrapper blurb]. Item #179584

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