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The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
by Timothy Snyder  Publisher Comments Wilhelm Von Habsburg wore the uniform of the Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and, every so often, a dress. He could handle a saber, a pistol, a...
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Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture
by Carl E Schorske Publisher Comments A landmark book from one of the truly original scholars of our time; a magnificent revelation of turn-of-the-century Vienna where out of a crisis of political and social disintegration so much of modern art and thought was born....
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Twilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph
by Alan Warwick Palmer Publisher Comments No ruler in modern times reigned in full sovereignty for as long as Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria and king of Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, and Slavonia. Titular master of central Europe from 1848 until 1916, he was center stage in Europe...
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Vienna 1814: How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of Vienna
by David King Publisher Comments “Reads like a novel. A fast-paced page-turner, it has everything: sex, wit, humor, and adventures. But it is an impressively researched and important story.” —David Fromkin, author of Europe’s Last Summer Vienna, 1814 is an...
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The Habsburgs
by Andrew Wheatcroft Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-368) and index....
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The Setting of the Pearl: Vienna Under Hitler
by Thomas Weyr Publisher Comments When Adolf Hitler seized Vienna in the Anschluss of 1938, he called the city "a pearl to which he would give a proper setting." But the setting he left behind seven years later was one of ruin and destruction--a physical, spiritual, and intellectual...
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Coordinating Committee an Austrian Deleg
by William B Slottman Publisher Comments This study of the "Coordinating Committee, " -- better known as the Deputatio -- is that of the institution established by Emperor Leopold toward the end of the Austro-Turkish War (1683-1699) to coordinate procedures designed to raise financial support...
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Germany and Austria 1814-2000 (Modern History for Modern Languages)
by Mark Allinson Publisher Comments Written for German majors taking courses in German history, this book offers a straightforward narrative history, with an emphasis on understanding major developments, their causes and the relationships between them. It includes extracts from historical...
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers
by Maria Augusta Trapp Publisher Comments With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the lives of Maria, the baron, and their singing children, is as familiar to most of us as our own family...
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A Concise History of Austria (Cambridge Concise Histories)
by Steven Beller Publisher Comments Steven Beller traces the remarkable career of Austria from German borderland to successful Alpine republic....
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Dissolution of the Austro Hungarian Empi
by John W Mason Synopsis This text charts the history of the last 50 years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, from 1867-1918. It argues that the Habsburg Monarchy, although in an unhealthy state before 1914, was not in fact doomed to collapse, despite the Empire's inherent...
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A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
by Frederic Morton Publisher Comments On January 30, 1889, at the champagne-splashed height of the Viennese Carnival, the Handsome and charming Crown Prince Rudolf fired a revolver at his teenaged mistress and them himself. The two shots that rang out at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods echo...
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Uncrowned Emperor: The Life and Times of Otto Von Habsburg
by Gord Brook Shepherd Publisher Comments The first English biography of a man that has affected some of the most dramatic and historic events of the 20th century, Otto von Habsburg....
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Pushing Time Away
by Peter Singer Publisher Comments 'What binds us pushes time away' wrote David Oppenheim to his future wife, Amalie Pollak, on March 24, 1905. Oppenheim, classical scholar, collaborator, then critic of Sigmund Freud, and friend and supporter of Alfred Adler, lived through the heights and...
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Thunder at Twilight: Vienna 1913/1914
by Frederic Morton Publisher Comments Thunder at Twilight is a landmark of historical vision, drawing on hitherto untapped sources to illuminate two crucial years in the life of the extraordinary city of Vienna -- and in the life of the twentieth century. It was during the carnival of 1913...
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Vienna
by Tina Herzig Publisher Comments Already well established in the fields of travel, journalistic, and advertising photography, Tina and Horst Herzig focus on Austria's elegant capital city to give us a stunning visual survey in black and white. Interspersed among the many artfully...
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Uncrowned Emperor: The Life and Times of Otto Von Habsburg
by Gord Brook Shepherd Publisher Comments Born heir presumptive to an empire that stretched from the Tyrol to Transylvania, and from Poland to Sarajevo, Otto von Habsburg's life has both affected and been reflected in some of the most dramatic and historic events of the twentieth century. This...
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Pushing Time Away: My Grandfather and the Tragedy of Jewish Vienna
by Peter Singer Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-254)....
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Runaway Waltz: A Memoir from Vienna to New York
by Frederic Morton Publisher Comments One of the most revered essayists and novelists of his generation, Frederic Morton has captured with matchless immediacy the glamour of Vienna before World War I and the storied opulence of the Rothschild family in his bestselling and award-winning works....
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Thunder at twilight :Vienna 1913-1914
by Frederic Morton Book News Annotation A recreation of Vienna on the eve of WWI. By the author of A Nervous splendor and The Rothschilds (both nominated for the National Book Award). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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