TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wheatcroft, Andrew
TI  - The Habsburgs: embodying empire 
SN  - 9780140236347
AV  - DB 36.3 .W44 1996 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - HABSBURGS (RELATIVES) -- HABSBURG MONARCHY -- HISTORY
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The 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
N2  - The 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
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