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The fall of the House of Habsburg.

Crankshaw, Edward.

The fall of the House of Habsburg. - xi, 459 pg. ; 23 cm.

Bibliographical references included in "Notes and sources" (pages 424-446).

Prologue: The House of Austria -- Part One: Revolution and reaction -- 1. Pre-March -- 2. Peoples in revolt -- 3. Counter-attack -- Part Two: Government of the sword -- 4. The cours is set -- 5. Palmerston in a white uniform -- 6. I command to be obeyed -- 7. The heavenly empress -- Part Three: Retreat from glory -- 8. Distrusted and alone -- 9. The loss of Italy -- 10. Autocracy is not enough -- 11. Prussia takes all -- Part Four: Empire under notice -- 12. Two crowns, one head -- 13. The iron ring of fate -- 14. The lull between the storms -- 15. Germans, Slavs and Magyars -- Part Five: Austria must still be great -- 16. Russia presents the hemlock -- 17. The doomed inheritor -- 18. The road to Sarajevo -- 19. The powers gather around -- Epilogue: Finis Austriae -- Appendix A: Transcript of letter from Lord Cowley to Count Buol-Schauenstein, 19 March 1859 -- Appendix B: Distribution of nationalities within the Habsburg Monarchy as at 1910 census.

Emperor Franz Josef's struggle to hold a polyglot nation together.

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Austria--History--Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916.
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