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1	Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture more books like this by Carl E Schorske add to wishlist A landmark study of Habsburg Vienna in the late 19th and 20th centuries by one of the truly original scholars of our time. Photos included. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.72! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526-1918 more books like this by Robert A Kann add to wishlist 'An impressive achievement in a task of extraordinary difficulty...The outstanding asset of this work does not consist in its comprehensiveness and objectivity, however, nor even in the wide knowledge and special expertise Kann can bring to bear from his early legal training, his formidable scholarship on the nationalities question, and his keen ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.93! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889 more books like this by Frederic Morton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Thunder at Twilight: Vienna 1913/1914 more books like this by Frederic Morton add to wishlist From the author of A Nervous Splendor, a dazzling portrait of the epicenter of the apocalypse that was World War I. 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 Viennaand in the life of the twentieth century. It was during the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Habsburg Monarchy, 1618-1815 more books like this by Charles W Ingrao add to wishlist This is a revised and updated edition of a highly acclaimed history of the early modern Habsburg monarchy. Charles W. Ingrao challenges the conventional notion of Habsburg state and society as peculiarly backward by tracing its emergence as a military and cultural power of enormous influence. The Habsburg monarchy was undeniably different from ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $28.90! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Failed Illusions: Moscow, Washington, Budapest, and the 1956 Hungarian Revolt more books like this by Charles Gati add to wishlist The 1956 Hungarian revolution, and its suppression by the U.S.S.R., was a key event in the cold war, demonstrating deep dissatisfaction with both the communist system and old-fashioned Soviet imperialism. But now, fifty years later, the simplicity of this David and Goliath story should be revisited, according to Charles Gati's new history of the ... see all copies from $6.66! new only from $15.01! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Habsburg Monarchy: From Enlightenment to Eclipse more books like this by Robin Okey add to wishlist For centuries the Habsburg Monarchy loomed large on the map of Europe and events since 1989 have certainly redirected attention to the lands it once incorporated. Robin Okey's The Habsburg Monarchy thoroughly explores the dynastic characters and the multi-national complexity of the region as well as the way the Monarchy dealt with issues within ... see all copies from $2.39! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution more books like this by Victor Sebestyen add to wishlist On the 50th anniversary of an important battle of the Cold War, this account incorporates previously unreleased Hungiarian and Soviet documents, the author's family's diaries, and eyewitness testimony. 16-page photo insert. see all copies from $3.74! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	A history of Europe more books like this by J. M. Roberts add to wishlist A history of the nations of the European continent from the fall of the Roman Empire to the present day, written by a distinguished professor of history at Oxford University. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Wittgenstein's Vienna more books like this by Allan Janik, Stephen E Toulmin add to wishlist The life and culture of Hapsburg, Vienna before World War I--the city of Freud, Schoenberg, Klimt, and Wittgenstein, whose philosophy announced the birth of the modern era. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.73! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866 more books like this by Geoffrey Wawro add to wishlist This is a new history of the Austro-Prussian-Italian War of 1866, which paved the way for German and Italian unification. It is based upon extensive new research in the state and military archives of Austria, Germany, and Italy. Geoffrey Wawro describes Prussia's successful invasion of Habsburg Venetia, and the wretched collapse of the Austrian ... see all copies from $10.94! new only from $24.64! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Viennese more books like this by Paul Hofmann add to wishlist Paul Hofmann, a native Viennese, brings this enchanted land of contradictions to life, covering two thousand years of Viennese personalities, politics and culture. 46 black-and-white photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.93! \| first editions
13 view cover	Budapest 1900 more books like this by John Lukacs add to wishlist "Lukacs's book is a lyrical, sometimes dazzling, never merely nostalgic evocation of a glorious period in the city's history. . . . {His} true sympathy lies . . . not with the famous expatriates, but with the writers and intellectuals who lived and died at home: the poets Endre Ady and Mihaly Babits; the novelists Ferenc Herczeg, Sandor Hunyady, ... see all copies from $4.54! new only from $8.40! \| first editions \| SVS
14	A Habsburg Tragedy: Crown Prince Rudolf more books like this by Judith Listowel add to wishlist see all copies from $4.45! new only from $34.77! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Habsburgs more books like this by Professor Andrew Wheatcroft add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.06! \| first editions \| SVS
16	The dissolution of the Habsburg monarchy. more books like this by Oscar Jaszi add to wishlist see all copies from $7.95! new only from $134.98! \| first editions
17	The rise and fall of the Habsburg monarchy more books like this by Victor Lucien Tapié add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18	The eagles die: Franz Joseph, Elisabeth, and their Austria more books like this by George Richard Marek add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The decline and fall of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918 more books like this by Alan Sked add to wishlist A new and revised edition of Alan Sked's groundbreaking book which examines how the Habsburg Empire survived the revolutionary turmoil of 1848. 'The Year of Revolutions', saw the whole of Europe convulsed in turmoil and revolt. Yet the Habsburg Empire survived. As state after state succumbed to the violent winds of change that were sweeping the ... see all copies from $4.64! new only from $66.46!
20	Vanished Empire: Vienna, Budapest, Prague: The Three Capital Cities of the Habsburg Empire as Seen Today more books like this by Stephen Brook add to wishlist Brook presents his view of Budapest, Vienna, and Prague, looking at the many aspects of life in each--the food and wine, the culture, the architecture, the politics, and the people. He notes the contrast between the overpowering historic remnants of each city and the everyday lives of its citizens. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Siege of Vienna more books like this by John Stoye add to wishlist The Siege of Vienna in 1683 was one of the turning points in European history. This story if peopled with characters from Kara Mustafa, the ruthless Grand Vizier, and Count Starhemberg, commander of the garrison, to Emperor Leopold and John Sobieski. see all copies from $7.70! new only from $10.92! \| first editions
22	Triumph in Adversity: Studies in Hungarian Civilization in Honor of Professor Ferenc Somogyi on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday more books like this by Steven B. Vardy (Editor), Ferenc Somogyi, Agnes H. Vardy (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.90! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America more books like this by Kati Marton add to wishlist In a dark, compelling narrative of secrecy and betrayal, "New York Times"-bestselling author Marton trolls the archives of the Hungarian secret police to piece together her parents' imprisonment in and flight from Hungary in the mid-1950s. see all copies from $15.52! new only from $15.52! \| SVS
24 view cover	Uncrowned Emperor: The Life and Times of Otto Von Habsburg more books like this by Gordon Brook-Shepherd add to wishlist The Austro-Hungarian Empire dominated central Europe until 1918, when the last Habsburg Emperor, Karl, fled into exile. Karl's death in 1921 made his nine-year-old son Otto head of the Hapsburg family, a position he has now held for over eighty years. Born heir presumptive to an empire that stretched from the Tyrol to Transylvania, and from Poland ... see all copies from $4.55! new only from $7.89!
25	Fin-de-Siecle Vienna more books like this by Carl E Schorske add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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