Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
Autor Simon Winderen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 ian 2015
LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE, A CHARMINGLY PERSONAL HISTORY OF HABSBURG EUROPE BY THE AUTHOR OF "GERMANIA"
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""From the end of the Middle Ages to the First World War, Europe was dominated by one family: the Habsburgs. Their unprecedented rule is the focus of Simon Winder's vivid third book, "Danubia."
Winder's approach is friendly, witty, personal; this is a narrative that, while erudite and well researched, prefers to be discursive and anecdotal. In his survey of the centuries of often incompetent Habsburg rule which have continued to shape the fate of Central Europe, Winder does not shy away from the horrors, railing against the effects of nationalism, recounting the violence that was often part of life. But this is a history dominated above all by Winder's energy and curiosity. Eminently readable and thrillingly informative, "Danubia" is a treat that readers will be eager to dip into.
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ISBN-10: 1250062020
Pagini: 576
Dimensiuni: 124 x 221 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Picador USA
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Anonim a dat nota:
This is one of the most conprehensive, easy-to-read history on The Habsburgical Empire. It is also the first work covering all the major cities and regions crossed by the Danube river.
Cuprins
CONTENTS
Maps...xv
Introduction...1
Place names // The Habsburg family
Chapter One...17
Tombs, trees and a swamp // Wandering peoples // The hawk's fortress // 'Look behind you!' // Cultic sites // The elected Caesars
Chapter Two...51
The heir of Hector // The great wizard // Gnomes on horseback // Juana's children // Help from the Fuggers // The disaster
Chapter Three...87
'Mille regretz' // 'The strangest thing that ever happened' // The armour of heroes // Europe under siege // The pirates' nest // A real bear-moat
Chapter Four...117
The other Europe // Bezoars and nightclub hostesses // Hunting with cheetahs // The seven fortresses
Chapter Five...147
A surprise visit from a fl ying hut // 'His divine name will be inscribed in the stars' // Death in Eger // Burial rites and fox-clubbing // The devil-doll // How to build the Tower of Babel
Chapter Six...177
Genetic terrors // The struggle for mastery in Europe // A new frontier // Zeremonialprotokoll // Bad news if you are a cockatrice // Private pleasures
Chapter Seven...209
Jesus vs. Neptune // The first will // Devotional interiors // The second will // Zips and Piasts
Chapter Eight...243
The great crisis // Austria wears trousers // The Gloriette // The war on Christmas cribs // Illustrious corpses // Carving up the world
Chapter Nine...277
'Sunrise' // An interlude of rational thoughtfulness // Defeat by Napoleon, part one // Defeat by Napoleon, part two // Things somehow get even worse // An intimate family wedding // Back to nature
Chapter Ten...313
A warning to legitimists // Problems with loyal subjects // Un vero quarantotto // Mountain people
Chapter Eleven...343
The Temple to Glorious Disaster // New Habsburg empires // The stupid giant // Funtime of the nations // The deal // An expensive sip of water
Chapter Twelve...375
Mapping out the future // The lure of the Orient // Refusals // Village of the damned // On the move // The Führer
Chapter Thirteen...411
The sheep and the melons // Elves, caryatids, lots of allegorical girls // Monuments to a vanished past // Young Poland
Chapter Fourteen...439
'The fat churchy one' // Night music // Transylvanian rocketry // Psychopathologies of everyday life // The end begins
Chapter Fifteen...471
The curse of military contingency // Sarajevo // The Przemysl catastrophe . Last train to Wilsonville // A pastry shell // The price of defeat // Triumphs of indifference
Conclusion...505
Map of Modern Central Europe...514
Bibliography...517
Illustrations...529
Acknowledgements...533
Index...535
Maps
1. The splitting of Charles V's inheritance...xvi
2. The Habsburg Empire, 1815...xviii
3. The Dual Monarchy...xx
4. The United States of Austria...444
5. Modern Central Europe...514
Notă biografică
Descriere
Danubia is the brilliant and entertaining companion to the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Germania. It was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2013.