In the Thirty Years’ War, the imperial general Wallenstein is weighing treason against the Emperor, while Octavio Piccolomini, his trusted officer, secretly works to bring him down. Octavio’s son Max, devoted to Wallenstein and in love with his daughter Thekla, is caught between father, commander and conscience.
The central play of Schiller’s Wallenstein trilogy, in the verse translation Coleridge made in 1800. Download the free EPUB.