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020			_a9780140236347
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050			_aDB 36.3 .W44 1996
100			_aWheatcroft, Andrew _eauthor
245		4	_aThe Habsburgs : _bembodying empire / _cAndrew Wheatcroft
260			_aNew York : _bPenguin Books, _cc1996
300			_axxix, 384 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aThe 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
520			_aThe 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.
650			_aHABSBURGS (RELATIVES) -- HABSBURG MONARCHY -- HISTORY
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