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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     King, Greg, 1964-     Subjects     Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, 1858-1889.     Vetsera, Mary, Baronesse, 1871-1889.     Habsburg, House of.     Princes -- Austria -- Biography.     Mistresses -- Austria -- Biography.     Family secrets -- Biography.     Austria -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.     Austria -- Politics and government -- 1867-1918.     Browse Catalog     by author:      King, Greg, 1964-       by title:      Twilight of empire :...       by call number:      943.60441 K52t     Search the Web     King, Greg, 1964-     Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, 1858-1889.     Vetsera, Mary, Baronesse, 1871-1889.     Habsburg, House of.     Princes -- Austria -- Biography.     Mistresses -- Austria -- Biography.     Family secrets -- Biography.     Austria -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.     Austria -- Politics and government -- 1867-1918.       MARC Display

Twilight of empire : the tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs / Greg King and Penny Wilson. by King, Greg, 1964- St. Martin's Press, 2017. Call #: 943.60441 K52t Subjects Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, 1858-1889.   Vetsera, Mary, Baronesse, 1871-1889.   Habsburg, House of.   Princes -- Austria -- Biography.   Mistresses -- Austria -- Biography.   Family secrets -- Biography.   Austria -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.   Austria -- Politics and government -- 1867-1918. ISBN:  9781250083029 (hc.) Edition:  First edition Description:  xvii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index Summary:  "On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant hacked open a locked door at the remote hunting lodge deep in the Vienna Woods. Inside, he found two bodies sprawled on an ornate bed, blood oozing from their mouths. Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary appeared to have shot his seventeen-year-old mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera as she slept, sat with the corpse for hours and, when dawn broke, turned the pistol on himself. A century has transformed this bloody scene into romantic tragedy: star-crossed lovers who preferred death together than to be parted by a cold, unfeeling Viennese Court. But Mayerling is also the story of family secrets: incestuous relationships and mental instability; blackmail, venereal disease, and political treason; and a disillusioned, morphine-addicted Crown Prince and a naïve schoolgirl caught up in a dangerous and deadly waltz inside a decaying empire. What happened in that locked room remains one of history's most evocative mysteries: What led Rudolf and mistress to this desperate act? Was it really a suicide pact? Or did something far more disturbing take place at that remote hunting lodge and result in murder? The authors reconstruct this historical mystery, laying out evidence and information long ignored that conclusively refutes the romantic myth and the conspiracy stories. Greg King is the author of The Assassination of the Archduke. Penny Wilson is the coauthor (with Greg King) of The Fate of the Romanovs and The Resurrection of the Romanovs"--Provided by publisher. Other authors:  Wilson, Penny, 1966- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 943.60441 K52t Adult books Checked out Jul 08, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 943.60441 K52t Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList

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