Written by one of Germany's most renowned poets, Friedrich Schiller, and translated by the esteemed Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Piccolomini is a must-read for anyone interested in dramatic literature. Set in the midst of the Thirty Years' War, this play tells the story of Wallenstein, a general who finds himself caught between his loyalty to the emperor and his own personal ambitions.

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