The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus (St. Grimmelshausen<|

The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus\nby Hans Jacob Chirstoff Grimmelshausen\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Hans Jacob Chirstoff Grimmelshausen\nTitle: The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Anthologies: general\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd\nPublication year: 1993\nISBN-13: 9781879751385\nISBN-10: 1879751380\nRRP: \u00A330.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWritten against a background of the Thirty Years' War and firstpublished in 1669, this renowned picaresque classic recounts withwonderful biting satire the vagabond adventures of a not-so-simplesimpleton during one of Europe'sfiercest, yet ultimately most futilewars. Simplicius is an earthy character; he humiliates the mighty,confounds the gods, ridicules the pretent.