Austria & Hungary 4

Ein Reich, in dem die Sonne nie untergeht - dies war das Ziel Kaiser Karls V. und es gelang ihm, diesen Traum zu verwirklichen. Ebenso vielfältig und farbig wie der Vielvölkerstaat des Kaisers sind ……続きを見る

In ihrem Buch erzählt uns die Erfolgsautorin farbig und wie gewohnt packend von den großen historischen Persönlichkeiten Österreichs. Unbekannte Details und überraschende Zusammenhänge werden deutli……続きを見る

"Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan" ist eine der Deutungen der bis heute geheimnisvollen Buchstaben AEIOU, die zu einem Markenzeichen der Habsburger geworden sind. Glück und Unglück, Freud und ……続きを見る

Mozart's Vienna. A crucible for scientific experimentation and courtly intrigue, as Europe's finest minds vie for imperial favour. In a colourful, chaotic private hospital that echoes with the shrie……続きを見る

Frank Delage, a middle-aged Australian, arrives in Vienna with the most daring of propositions. He has invented a revolutionary piano and means to market it to the grand old world of classical music……続きを見る

A great American writer’s confrontation with a great European critic – a personal and intellectual awakening. A hundred years ago, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus was among the most penetrating and……続きを見る

Children during the Holocaust, from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, tells the story of the Holocaust through the eyes, and fates, of its youngest……続きを見る

A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. The book offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, st……続きを見る

In this book, Melinda Kovács analyzes various areas of Hungarian political discourse: newspapers, party websites, informational books on the EU, and government-produced brochures sent to all househo……続きを見る

Nach einem Leben voller Hast und Kampf, voller drückender Probleme und Sorgen sehnt sich Karl V. nach Einsamkeit und stiller Einkehr. Von der Welt zurückgezogen, in seinem bescheidenen Alterssitz in……続きを見る

The collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918 left all Austrians in a state of political, social, and economic turmoil, but Jews in particular found their lives shaken to the core. Although Jews' former c……続きを見る

Die historisch bedeutsame Lage als Grenzort an der Donau und an der Bernsteinstraße, die reizvolle Nähe der Marchfelder Schlösser sowie die Liebenswürdigkeit des Ortes selbst mit seiner romanisch-go……続きを見る

White aster flowers, on sale on the streets of Budapest on the eve of All Souls' Day, are made the symbol of a revolution which brings Mihály Károlyi (1875-1955) to power at the head of a National C……続きを見る

Depuis sa mort en 1898 sous le couteau d'un anarchiste, Elisabeth d'Autriche est devenue un mythe. Mariée à 16 ans au futur empereur François-Joseph, Elisabeth de Wittelsbach est belle, intelligente……続きを見る

The first part of a two-volume history of the Habsburg Empire from its medieval origins to its dismemberment in the First World War. This important volume (which is self-contained) meets a long-felt……続きを見る

The History of World War I series recounts the battles and campaigns that took place during the 'Great War'. From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across the Eastern and Western Fronts, ……続きを見る

The History of World War I series recounts the battles and campaigns of the 'Great War'. From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across the Eastern and Western Fronts, to the former German……続きを見る

The Roman province of Noricum occupied most of Austria as well as parts of Italy, Germany and the Balkans. Noricum, first published in 1974, presents a comprehensive history of Noricum, from 400 BC ……続きを見る

Winner: Norman B. Tomlinson Book Prize Despite a strategically vulnerable position, an ill-prepared army, and questionable promises of military support from the Allied Powers, Romania intervened in ……続きを見る

Prvého februára 2014 uplynulo sto rokov od uvedenia do prevádzky elektrickej lokálnej železnice medzi Prešporkom (dnešnou Bratislavou) a Viedňou po pravej strane Dunaja. Pre Bratislavčanov Viedenská……続きを見る

Verfemt, verfolgt, verbrannt - Von 1677 bis 1679 kam es in Salzburg zu der schlimmsten Hexenverfolgung auf dem Gebiet des Heiligen Römischen Reichs: 124 vermeintliche Hexen und Zauberer landeten auf……続きを見る

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Much has been written about the British aircraft of the First World War, but little has surfaced about the aircraft of the Axis powers, Germany and Austria. Here, Terry C. Treadwell tells the story ……続きを見る

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 T……続きを見る

An illuminating history of state-building, nationalism, and bureaucracy, this book tells the story of how an international cohort of Austrian officials from Bohemia, Hungary, the Hapsburg Netherland……続きを見る

Among the finest examples of deeply researched and colorfully written military history, Richard Bassett’s For God and Kaiser is a major account of the Habsburg army told for the first time in Englis……続きを見る

What Metiernich wanted at the peak of his career, why he wanted it, and the methods by which he achieved his goals are questions brilliantly answered in this survey and analysis of the Austrian chan……続きを見る

Außergewöhnliche Schicksale zwischen Ringstraßenwelt und Luegerzeit Michaela Lindinger wagt einen Blick hinter die Kulissen eines "anderen" Wien um 1900: auf die Vorstadtbühnen, wo Frauen verbotener……続きを見る

Originally written and publilshed in 1995, this is the memoir of Zoltán Frankl, who was born in Hungary in 1907, to a Jewish family. His father was a respected doctor and one of the leaders of the l……続きを見る

Princess Diana survived the 12.23 a.m. crash in Paris - witness and photographic evidence clearly showed she was alive, conscious and talking in the back of the Mercedes. Yet just after 4 a.m. Diana……続きを見る