Hero of Italy : Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, his soldiers and his subjects in the Thirty Years' War /

'The Hero of Italy' examines a salient episode in Italy's Thirty Years' War with Spain and France, whereby the young duke Odoardo Farnese of Parma embraced the French alliance, only to experience defeat and occupation after two tumultuous years (1635-1637).