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Historical person
1594–1632
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was the Swedish king and military reformer who intervened decisively in the Thirty Years’ War. His armies won at Breitenfeld and advanced deep into Germany before he was killed at Lützen in 1632.
In Griff Hosker’s Captain of Horse, Any plans for an easier life are soon thwartedhowever, when King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden seeks Bretherton’s services. Christopher Nicole’s Spawn of the Devil places Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden within a narrative shaped by family, marriage and personal loyalty, court politics and dynastic power, and military command and battlefield decision-making. Other novels featuring Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden include Griff Hosker’s Horse and Pistol and Griff Hosker’s The Lion of the North.
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Series
English Mercenary follows James Bretherton into the Thirty Years’ War, where English soldiers of fortune become caught in the religious and dynastic conflicts of central Europe. The sequence centres on cavalry service, Protestant armies and the Swedish intervention under Gustavus Adolphus, showing war as both profession and personal…
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Written originally as Caroline Gray, the Helier L’Eree trilogy combines seventeenth-century warfare with witchcraft and gothic adventure. Helier’s mother is executed as a witch on Guernsey, and his attempt at revenge leads to service under Cardinal Richelieu and an assassination mission during the Thirty Years’ War. The sequels…
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