Europe - Austria & Hungary
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K?niggr?tz 1866: The Creation of Modern Germany
$25.00 Read moreAn in-depth look at one of the biggest set-piece battles and one of the most decisive in European history pre-WWI.
Growing friction between the centuries-old Austrian Empire, self-styled guardian of G- Series: Campaign #429
- Author: Konstam, Angus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 16 2026
- ISBN10: 1472871286
- Language: English
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A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
$18.00 Add to cartA National Book Award Finalist
A “riveting” (New York Times) look at one year of Viennese life during the twilight of an empire On January 30, 1889, at the champagne-splashed hight of the Viennese Car- Author: Morton, Frederic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 30 1980
- ISBN10: 014005667X
- Language: English
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Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish Identity
$18.95 Read moreThe personal and professional life of Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990), Austria’s long-serving Socialist chancellor from August 1970 to May 1983, has been the focus of many books and articles. However, his a
- Author: Aschheim, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 225
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1608012425
- Language: English
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Vienna. Portrait of a City
$81.67 Add to cartVienna combines drama and elegance like no other. For centuries the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the stately city on the Danube, has been defined by vast palaces and imperial grandeur–but be
- Author: Hirsch, Andreas J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 532
- Publish Date: October 30 2019
- ISBN10: 3836567261
- Language: English
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Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time
$66.58 Read moreA major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and rule
Maria Theresa (1717-1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-t- Author: Stollberg-Rilinger, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1104
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0691179069
- Language: English
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The Bridge at Andau: The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People
$17.00 Add to cartThe Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glo
- Author: Michener, James A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 09 2015
- ISBN10: 0812986741
- Language: English
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The Shadow of the Empress: Fairy-Tale Opera and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy
$26.00 Add to cartA beguiling exploration of the last Habsburg monarchs’ grip on Europe’s historical and cultural imagination.
In 1919 the last Habsburg rulers, Emperor Karl and Empress Zita, left Austria, going into e
- Author: Wolff, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 452
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1503635643
- Language: English
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Budapest 1900
$18.00 Add to cartLukacs’s book is a lyrical, sometimes dazzling, never merely nostalgic evocation of a glorious period in the city’s history. . . . {His} true sympathy lies . . . not with the famous expatriates, but w… [more below]
- Author: Lukacs, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0802132502
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Hungary
$32.00 Add to cartThis book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of Hungary, from its nebulous origins in the Ural Mountains to the 1988 elections. It tells abo… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Moln?r, Mikl?s
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: April 30 2001
- ISBN10: 0521667364
- Language: English
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The Habsburg Empire: A Captivating Guide to the House of Austria and the Impact the Habsburgs Had on the Holy Roman Empire
$18.97 Add to cartDiscover the captivating history of Europe’s second-oldest dynasty-the Habsburgs!
The Habsburg family ruled central Europe since the early medieval times to World War I, but they still exist as one of
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: March 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1637162154
- Language: English
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The War of the Austrian Succession
$32.00 Add to cartReed S. Browning explores the often-changing war aims of the major belligerents-Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Piedmont-Sardinia, and Spain-and links diplomatic and military events to the po… [more below]
- Author: Browning, Reed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 15 1995
- ISBN10: 0312125615
- Language: English
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The Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat
$24.95 Add to cartAn updated new edition of a classic history of the Hungarians from their earliest origins to today
In this absorbing and comprehensive history, Paul Lendvai tells the fascinating story of how the Hung- Author: Lendvai, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0691200270
- Language: English
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Thunder at Twilight: Vienna 1913/1914
$24.99 Add to cartThunder at Twilight is a landmark historical vision, drawing on hitherto untapped sources to illuminate two crucial years in the life of the extraordinary city of Vienna-and in the life of the twentie
- Author: Morton, Frederic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 25 2014
- ISBN10: 0306823268
- Language: English
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The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
$35.00 Read moreThe definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries — from their rise to power to their eventual downfall.
In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dy… [more below]- Author: Rady, Martyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1541644506
- Language: English
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The Crossroads of Civilization: A History of Vienna
$29.95 Read more“From the Congress of Vienna to the Austria World Summit, the city of Vienna has hosted key meetings on peace to climate action. This is a first-class book about Vienna as the crossroads of civilizati… [more below]
- Author: Robertson, Angus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1639361952
- Language: English
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The Habsburgs: To Rule the World
$22.99 Add to cart“A feat of both scholarship and storytelling” (Wall Street Journal)–the definitive history of a powerful family dynasty who dominated Europe for centuries.
In The Habsburgs,… [more below]- Author: Rady, Martyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1541644514
- Language: English
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Will to Survive: A History of Hungary
$38.99 Add to cartThe Will to Survive describes how a small country, for much of its existence squeezed between two empires, surrounded by hostile neighbours and subjected to invasion and occupation, survived the frequ… [more below]
- Author: Cartledge, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 600
- Publish Date: April 19 2011
- ISBN10: 0199327343
- Language: English
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Budapest: Portrait of a City Between East and West
$35.00 Read moreAN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – A vivid and enthralling account of the historical and cultural events that defined Budapest, a unique city in the heart of Europe, on the fault line between … [more below]
- Author: Sebestyen, Victor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0593317564
- Language: English
