Europe During the Thirty Years War - Book I of II Quotes

“Further debasement, however, was yet to come, for a thirteen years' war with Russia had begun. In the days of Gustavus, Ivan's hordes had sold captive men and women for a few pence. In 1573, when they took Weissenstein, they bound to stakes the survivors of the little garrison and roasted them alive.”
― Adolphus William Ward, Europe During the Thirty Years War - Book I of II