Wheatcroft, Andrew <br/><br/>
The Habsburgs :  embodying empire / 
Andrew Wheatcroft 
 - New York :  Penguin Books,  c1996 
 - xxix, 384 pages :  illustrations ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The Castle of the Hawk 1020-1300 -- Cosa Nostra (our cause) 1300-1400 -- Universal empire 1400-1500 -- El Dorado (the golden one) 1500-1550 -- A war to the last extremity 1550-1660 -- Felix Austria - the happy state 1660-1790 -- The Last cavalier 1790-1916 --  finis Austriae - the end? 1916-1995. Family trees - The House of Habsburg 1000-1922 
<br/><br/> The Habsburgs have been described as demons - responsible for a 'history of atrocities'; and, as dodos - living fossils unable to adapt to the modern world. This book features figures as mad Queen Juana, progressing through Spain with her husband's decaying body; the 'heroically fertile' Maria Theresa; and, the Maximilian, 'Emperor' of Mexico. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780140236347 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>HABSBURGS (RELATIVES) -- HABSBURG MONARCHY -- HISTORY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DB 36.3 .W44 1996