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Winder, Simon.
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Habsburg, House of.
Europe -- History.
Austria -- History.
Europe, Central -- History.
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Winder, Simon.
Habsburg, House of.
Europe -- History.
Austria -- History.
Europe, Central -- History.
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Danubia
: a
personal
history
of
Habsburg
Europe
/ Simon Winder.
by
Winder, Simon.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014.
Call #:
943.603 W763d
Subjects
Habsburg
, House of.
Europe
--
History
.
Austria --
History
.
Europe
, Central --
History
.
ISBN:
9780374175290 (hc.)
0374175292 (hc.)
Description:
xiii, 551 pages : maps, illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
The
Habsburg
Empire was a ramshackle, lumbering old giant centered in the Danube Valley that held a central place in European politics from the Middle Ages to the end of WW I, ruled by the dominant dynasty of
Europe
for four centuries, the
Habsburg
family. Winder set out to wander through the lands that used to constitute the Empire, describing and reflecting on what he sees now, particularly in terms of the appearance of villages, towns, and cities, and what he knows through his research as to how things used to look when the Habsburgs held sway. The sentiment around which he builds his colorful narrative is that the longevity of the
Habsburg
dynasty was due to a mix of cunning, dimness, luck, and brilliance. (About one particular archduke, Winder says, he was one of the Habsburgs who make the family worthwhile, who make up for all the pious timeservers who congest the family tree.) This personalized, almost you-are-there view of
history
results in an arresting combination of anecdote and scholarly examination, where the interests of serious armchair travelers and devoted students of European
history
meet.--Brad Hooper, Booklist.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [517]-528) and index.
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