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The Habsburgs

Embodying Empire

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"Splendidly rich...required reading for anyone who hopes to understand the real Europe."—Daily Telegraph.The Habsburgs have been described at one extreme as demons – responsible for a ‘long history of atrocities’; and, at the other, as dodos – living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. In reality, the flamboyant royal family appear, in many ways, to have behaved much like most other monarchies. Their story, however, is none the less enthralling for that. It is populated by such unforgettable figures as mad Queen Juana, progressing through Spain with her husband’s decaying body; the ‘heroically fertile’ Maria Theresa, and the quixotic Maximilian, ‘Emperor’ of Mexico.

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The Habsburgs, Andrew Wheatcroft

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Rok vydania
1996
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Podtitul
Embodying Empire
Jazyk
anglicky
Vydavateľ
Penguin Books
Rok vydania
1996
Väzba
mäkká
Počet strán
416
ISBN10
0140236341
ISBN13
9780140236347
Série
Hodnotenie
3,5 z 5
Anotácia
"Splendidly rich...required reading for anyone who hopes to understand the real Europe."—Daily Telegraph.The Habsburgs have been described at one extreme as demons – responsible for a ‘long history of atrocities’; and, at the other, as dodos – living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. In reality, the flamboyant royal family appear, in many ways, to have behaved much like most other monarchies. Their story, however, is none the less enthralling for that. It is populated by such unforgettable figures as mad Queen Juana, progressing through Spain with her husband’s decaying body; the ‘heroically fertile’ Maria Theresa, and the quixotic Maximilian, ‘Emperor’ of Mexico.