• Produktbild: Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
  • Produktbild: Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe

Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe A Personal History of Habsburg Europe

24,99 €

inkl. gesetzl. MwSt., zzgl. Versandkosten


  • Kostenlose Lieferung ab 30 € Einkaufswert
  • Versandkostenfrei für Bonuscard-Kund*innen

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

13.01.2015

Verlag

Picador USA

Seitenzahl

576

Maße (L/B/H)

20,8/13,6/2,7 cm

Gewicht

446 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-250-06202-4

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

13.01.2015

Verlag

Picador USA

Seitenzahl

576

Maße (L/B/H)

20,8/13,6/2,7 cm

Gewicht

446 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-250-06202-4

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

Noch keine Bewertungen vorhanden

Verfassen Sie die erste Bewertung zu diesem Artikel

Helfen Sie anderen Kundinnen und Kunden durch Ihre Meinung.

Kundinnen und Kunden meinen

Bewertungen (0)

Die Leseprobe wird geladen.
  • Produktbild: Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
  • Produktbild: Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
  • 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