Memoirs of a Cavalier: A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England.; From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648.: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
Memoirs of a Cavalier: A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England.; From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648.: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
Memoirs of a Cavalier: A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England.; From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Defoe, Daniel (?–1731).
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"Memoirs of a Cavalier" by Daniel Defoe is a work of historical fiction published in 1720. The story follows an English gentleman-soldier through two devastating conflicts: the Thirty Years' War in Germany, where he serves under the legendary Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus, and the English Civil War, where he fights for King Charles the First. Through one man's military journal spanning 1632 to 1648, Defoe chronicles the grand sweep of European warfare and political upheaval during a tumultuous era.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Memoirs of a Cavalier: A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England.; From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648.
- Author credits: Defoe, Daniel (?–1731)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603-1714 -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Royalists -- Fiction
- Soldiers -- Fiction
- Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 -- Fiction
- War stories
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- Category: Adventure
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Historical Novels
- Germany
- Historical Fiction
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