The Resource Twilight of empire : the tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs, Greg King and Penny Wilson
Twilight of empire : the tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs, Greg King and Penny Wilson
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- Summary
- On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant hacked open a locked door at the remote hunting lodge deep in the Vienna Woods. Inside, he found two bodies sprawled on an ornate bed, blood oozing from their mouths. Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary appeared to have shot his seventeen-year-old mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera as she slept, sat with the corpse for hours and, when dawn broke, turned the pistol on himself. A century has transformed this bloody scene into romantic tragedy: star-crossed lovers who preferred death together than to be parted by a cold, unfeeling Viennese Court. But Mayerling is also the story of family secrets: incestuous relationships and mental instability; blackmail, venereal disease, and political treason; and a disillusioned, morphine-addicted Crown Prince and a naïve schoolgirl caught up in a dangerous and deadly waltz inside a decaying empire. What happened in that lockedroom remains one of history's most evocative mysteries: What led Rudolf and mistress to this desperate act? Was it really a suicide pact? Or did something far more disturbing take place at that remote hunting lodge and result in murder?
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250083029
- Label
- Twilight of empire : the tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs
- Title
- Twilight of empire
- Title remainder
- the tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs
- Statement of responsibility
- Greg King and Penny Wilson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant hacked open a locked door at the remote hunting lodge deep in the Vienna Woods. Inside, he found two bodies sprawled on an ornate bed, blood oozing from their mouths. Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary appeared to have shot his seventeen-year-old mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera as she slept, sat with the corpse for hours and, when dawn broke, turned the pistol on himself. A century has transformed this bloody scene into romantic tragedy: star-crossed lovers who preferred death together than to be parted by a cold, unfeeling Viennese Court. But Mayerling is also the story of family secrets: incestuous relationships and mental instability; blackmail, venereal disease, and political treason; and a disillusioned, morphine-addicted Crown Prince and a naïve schoolgirl caught up in a dangerous and deadly waltz inside a decaying empire. What happened in that lockedroom remains one of history's most evocative mysteries: What led Rudolf and mistress to this desperate act? Was it really a suicide pact? Or did something far more disturbing take place at that remote hunting lodge and result in murder?
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10603521
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- King, Greg
- Dewey number
- 943.6/04410922
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DB89.R8
- LC item number
- K56 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Wilson, Penny
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Rudolf
- Vetsera, Mary
- Habsburg, House of
- Princes
- Austria
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs
- Label
- Twilight of empire : the tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs, Greg King and Penny Wilson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250083029
- Lccn
- 2017024874
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- 967094176
- (OCoLC)967094176
- Label
- Twilight of empire : the tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs, Greg King and Penny Wilson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250083029
- Lccn
- 2017024874
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- 967094176
- (OCoLC)967094176
Subject
- trueFamily secrets
- Habsburg, House of
- trueMistresses
- truePrinces
- Princes -- Austria -- Biography
- trueRoyal houses
- trueScandals
- trueSuicide pacts
- Vetsera, Mary, Baronesse, 1871-1889
- Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, 1858-1889
- trueAustria -- Politics and government -- 1867-1918
- Biographies
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