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Winder Simon - Danubia: A Personal History Of Habsburg Europe - Paperback
Winder Simon - Danubia: A Personal History Of Habsburg Europe - Paperback
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Description: Longlisted FOR THE Samuel Johnson Prize A Charmingly Personal History OF Habsburg Europe BY THE Author OF Germani a 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.
Title: Danubia: A Personal History Of Habsburg Europe
Author(s): Winder Simon
Publisher: Picador
Barcode: 9781250062024
Pages: 576 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/13/2015
Category: European History
Description: Longlisted FOR THE Samuel Johnson Prize A Charmingly Personal History OF Habsburg Europe BY THE Author OF Germani a 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.
Title: Danubia: A Personal History Of Habsburg Europe
Author(s): Winder Simon
Publisher: Picador
Barcode: 9781250062024
Pages: 576 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/13/2015
Category: European History
