The Uncrowned Emperor: The Life and Times of Otto von Habsburg

Brook-Shepherd, Gordon

ISBN 10: 1852854391 / ISBN 13: 9781852854393

Verlag: Hambledon & London, London, UK, 2003

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First UK edition stated 2003, first printing. Published by Hambledon & London. Hardcover with DJ in mylar. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no edgewear, sharp corners, No markings of any kind, no names no bookplates no underlinings no highlights no bent pages. Not a reminder. DJ new, bright and shiny, no tears no chips no edgewear, Not clipped. 8vo, XIV + 254 pages. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009583

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Titel: The Uncrowned Emperor: The Life and Times of...

Verlag: Hambledon & London, London, UK

Erscheinungsdatum: 2003

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New

Auflage: 1st Edition

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The Austro-Hungarian Empire dominated central Europe until 1918, when the last Habsburg Emperor, Karl, fled into exile. Karl's death in 1921 made his nine-year-old son Otto head of the Habsburg family, a position he has now held for over eighty years. Born heir presumptive to an empire that stretched from the Tyrol to Transylvania, and from Poland to Sarajevo, Otto von Habsburg's life has both affected and been reflected in some of the most dramatic and historic events of the twentieth century. As a four year old in 1916 he walked in the funeral procession of the Emperor Franz Josef. Otto von Habsburg later became the focus of royalist loyalty, a Habsburg restoration attracting considerable political support until the Second World War. Refusing any contact with Hitler (whose code name for the Anschluss was Operation Otto), he fled first to France then America, where he formed a friendship with F.D. Roosevelt. Never living in the past, he later became a highly respected Member of the European Parliament.