7/4/2023 0 Comments The habsburgs by martyn rady"This admirably compact, exceptionally well-written survey will probably be the standard one-volume history of the Habsburg dynasty for years to come."- Library Journal Students, scholars and the general reader will never find a better guide to Habsburg history."- Times Literary Supplement (UK) Lucid, comprehensive and witty, it is not merely a pleasure to read but a complete education. "Probably the best book ever written on the Habsburgs in any language. "A Rolls Royce of a narrative that motors through ten centuries of history with an effortlessness that belies the intellectual horsepower beneath the bonnet."- Literary Review (UK) It is impossible to imagine a more erudite and incisive history of this fascinating, flawed and ultimately tragic dynasty."- The Times (UK) "Martyn Rady's history of this peculiar family is deeply informed, elegantly written and a joy to read."- Evening Standard (UK) “Glory, grief, loss – and incest – are all covered in this panoramic account that makes more sense of the great European dynasty than its rulers often did.”- The Guardian If the Habsburgs could last for a millennium, surely a constitutional republic can."- Wall Street Journal In an era of schisms, America needs a unifying idea of itself as something greater than the sum of its parts. It's not hard to see current parallels to this story. "A feat of both scholarship and storytelling.
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