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Danubia

By Simon Winder

Danubia Fiction

Danubia

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Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 'Funny, erudite, frequently irritating . . . and never boring' - Sarah Bakewell, Financial Times 'An excellent, rich and amusing read' - The Times, Book of the Week For centuries much of Europe was in the hands of the very peculiar Habsburg family. An unstable mixture of wizards, obsessives, melancholics, bores, musicians and warriors, they saw off - through luck, guile and sheer mulishness - any number of rivals, until finally packing up in 1918. From their principal lairs along the Danube they ruled most of Central Europe and Germany and interfered everywhere - indeed the history of Europe hardly makes sense without them. Danubia plunges the reader into a maelstrom of alchemy, skeletons, jewels, bear-moats, unfortunate marriages and a guinea-pig village. Full of music, piracy, religion and fighting, it is the history of a dynasty, but it is at least as much about the people they ruled, who spoke many different languages, lived in a vast range of landscapes, believed in many rival gods and often showed a marked ingratitude towards their oddball ruler in Vienna. Joining Germania and Lotharingia in Simon Winder's endlessly fascinating retelling of European history, Danubia is a hilarious, eccentric and witty saga.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
576
Release Date:
2020-02-20
Publication Date:
2020-02-20
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529026164
ISBN13:
9781529026160
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
404 g
Height:
131 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
40 cm

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