Jacob's Woes: Or the Tribulations of an Anabaptist 1620-1675

It is spring 1620 in Zurich, and the entire German world is in turmoil. War between the Catholic Hapsburgs, the traditional enemy of the Swiss, and the German Protestant states is about to break out. The young man Joggli (Jacob) is in town to pay family taxes in kind. He is fascinated by the appeal of a recruiter, and he signs up to go off to protect the newly crowned Protestant king in Prague. His trip, which ends in ignominious defeat at the battle of White Mountain in early winter, nearl...