The Adventures of Simplicius SimplicissimusThe first great German novel an extraordinary recreation of the horrors of the Thirty Years War, written by a veteran of the conflict. First published in 1668, The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus tells the picaresque, brilliantly described adventures of a boy swept up in the Thirty Years War and the terrible things that he experiences. Some of it is realistic, some fantastical, but the overall effect is an unmatched picture of Europe torn