Schiller's Tragedies: The Piccolomini and The Death of Wallenstein is a literary work by the renowned German playwright, Friedrich Schiller. The book is a compilation of two of Schiller's most celebrated plays, which are set during the Thirty Years' War in the 17th century. The first play, The Piccolomini, tells the story of Max Piccolomini, a young soldier who is torn between his loyalty to his father and his love for Thekla, the daughter of his...