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Danubia

- A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
Af: Simon Winder Engelsk Paperback

Danubia

- A Personal History of Habsburg Europe
Af: Simon Winder Engelsk Paperback
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Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

''Funny, erudite, frequently irritating . . . and never boring'' – Sarah Bakewell, Financial Times

''An excellent, rich and amusing read'' – The Times, Book of the Week

For centuries much of Europe was in the hands of the very peculiar Habsburg family. An unstable mixture of wizards, obsessives, melancholics, bores, musicians and warriors, they saw off – through luck, guile and sheer mulishness – any number of rivals, until finally packing up in 1918. From their principal lairs along the Danube they ruled most of Central Europe and Germany and interfered everywhere – indeed the history of Europe hardly makes sense without them.

Danubia plunges the reader into a maelstrom of alchemy, skeletons, jewels, bear-moats, unfortunate marriages and a guinea-pig village. Full of music, piracy, religion and fighting, it is the history of a dynasty, but it is at least as much about the people they ruled, who spoke many different languages, lived in a vast range of landscapes, believed in many rival gods and often showed a marked ingratitude towards their oddball ruler in Vienna.

Joining Germania and Lotharingia in Simon Winder''s endlessly fascinating retelling of European history, Danubia is a hilarious, eccentric and witty saga.

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Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction

''Funny, erudite, frequently irritating . . . and never boring'' – Sarah Bakewell, Financial Times

''An excellent, rich and amusing read'' – The Times, Book of the Week

For centuries much of Europe was in the hands of the very peculiar Habsburg family. An unstable mixture of wizards, obsessives, melancholics, bores, musicians and warriors, they saw off – through luck, guile and sheer mulishness – any number of rivals, until finally packing up in 1918. From their principal lairs along the Danube they ruled most of Central Europe and Germany and interfered everywhere – indeed the history of Europe hardly makes sense without them.

Danubia plunges the reader into a maelstrom of alchemy, skeletons, jewels, bear-moats, unfortunate marriages and a guinea-pig village. Full of music, piracy, religion and fighting, it is the history of a dynasty, but it is at least as much about the people they ruled, who spoke many different languages, lived in a vast range of landscapes, believed in many rival gods and often showed a marked ingratitude towards their oddball ruler in Vienna.

Joining Germania and Lotharingia in Simon Winder''s endlessly fascinating retelling of European history, Danubia is a hilarious, eccentric and witty saga.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 576
ISBN-13: 9781529026160
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1529026164
Kategori: Europæisk historie
Udg. Dato: 20 feb 2020
Længde: 36mm
Bredde: 196mm
Højde: 131mm
Forlag: Pan Macmillan
Oplagsdato: 20 feb 2020
Forfatter(e): Simon Winder
Forfatter(e) Simon Winder

Kategori Europæisk historie

ISBN-13 9781529026160

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 576

Udgave

Længde 36mm

Bredde 196mm

Højde 131mm

Udg. Dato 20 feb 2020

Oplagsdato 20 feb 2020

Forlag Pan Macmillan

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