JŸrg JenatschJrg Jenatsch (1596 1638) was one of the most controversial figures of the Thirty Years War (16181648), preacher, soldier, statesman, a traitor and heretic to some, a patriot and saviour to others. In Swiss history he became the man who pitted his wits against the mighty Richelieu and the Crown of Spain, playing one against the other and rescuing his country from foreign occupation. C. F. Meyer's historical but timeless novel of 1897 tells his story