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A nervous splendor : Vienna, 1888/1889 / by Frederic Morton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morton, Frederic.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vienna (Austria)--Intellectual life--19th century.
- Vienna (Austria).
- Vienna (Austria)--Social life and customs.
- Austria--History--1867-1918.
- Austria.
- History.
- Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria, 1830-1916.
- Franz Joseph.
- Physical Description:
- x, 340 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Harmondsworth, Eng. ; New York : Penguin Books, 1980.
- Summary:
- On January 30, 1889, at the champagne-splashed height of the Viennese Carnival, the Handsome and charming Crown Prince Rudolf fired a revolver at his teenaged mistress and them himself. The two shots that rang out at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods echo still.
- Notes:
- Reprint of the 1979 ed. published by Little, Brown, Boston.
- Bibliography: pages 320-329.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 014005667X
- 9780140056679
- OCLC:
- 6446661
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