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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 WeekFor 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.
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| Author | Simon Winder |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9781529026160 |
| Item Height | 3.6 |
| Item Length | 13.1 |
| Item Width | 19.6 |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan Paperbacks |
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