The War of the Oxen (novel)

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The War of the Oxen
Author Ludwig Ganghofer
Country Germany
LanguageGerman
GenreHistorical
Publication date
1914
Media typePrint

The War of the Oxen (German: Der Ochsenkrieg) is a 1914 historical novel by the German writer Ludwig Ganghofer. It is a drama set against the backdrop of the War of the Oxen in the 1420s. [1]

The novel has been adapted on three occasions:

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  1. Nemoianu p.268

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