Description
| Product ID: | 9780140236347 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Habsburgs |
| Subtitle: | Embodying Empire |
| Authors: | Author: Andrew Wheatcroft |
| Page Count: | 432 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, History, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours, Europe |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Habsburgs have been described as demons - responsible for a 'history of atrocities'; and, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. This book features figures as mad Queen Juana, progressing through Spain with her husband's decaying body; the 'heroically fertile' Maria Theresa; and, the Maximilian, 'Emperor' of Mexico. 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 enthralling for that. It is populated by such unforgettable figures as mad Queen Juana, progressing through Spain with her husband’s decaying body; the ‘heroically fertile’ Maria Theresa, and the quixotic Maximilian, ‘Emperor’ of Mexico. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1996-09-26 |