The Red Prince
The Fall of a Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Europe
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- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2009
Summary
There are few historians who possess Timothy Snyder’s winning combination of languages, stylish story-telling and analytical insight; in The Red Prince, he has produced a gem’ - Guardian
Wilhelm von Habsburg wore the uniform of an Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the decorations of the Order of the Golden Fleece and, every so often, a dress. He spoke the Italian of his archduke mother, the German of his archduke father, t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845951207 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1845951204 |
| Author: | Timothy Snyder |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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Riotous and engrossing
Riotous and engrossing * Independent *Snyder’s portrait of the Hapsburgs in all their eccentricity is a delight…Snyder is exceptional in bringing not only a vast expertise to the subject, but also an elegant style and a gift for narrative * Sunday Times *As a vivid portrait of a vanished world the book is superb, being both prodigiously researched and elegantly written * Daily Telegraph *He is one of this country’s most talented and innovative historians of Central and Eastern Europe… I hugely admired The Reconstruction of Nations and eagerly look forward to The Red Prince – Niall FergusonSnyder’s biography brilliantly baits his readers with a glittering subject * The Times, Books of the Year *The Red Prince adds an absorbing chapter to the story of the Habsburgs in their last days of empire * Literary Review *Snyder’s research is impeccable * Sunday Telegraph *Timothy Snyder is one of the most remarkable and original historians of Eastern Europe in his generation. His work commands our attention – Timothy Garton AshSnyder’s biography fully captures the chaos, intrigue, and glamour of a vanished Mitteleuropa * Sunday Express *Scrupulously researched and eye-opening – Nicholas Bagnall * The Sunday Telegraph *
About The Author
Timothy Snyder
Timothy Snyder is Levin Professor of History at Yale University, and has written and edited a number of critically acclaimed and prize-winning books about twentieth-century European history. Bloodlands won the Hannah Arendt Prize, the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding, the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award in the Humanities and the literature award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Black Earth was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.
Snyder is a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement. He is a member of the Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, a permanent fellow of the Institute for Human Sciences, and sits on the advisory council of the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research.
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