2001, ISBN: 9783492247535

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe

Friedrich Vorwerk Verlag, 1956. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust … Mehr…

Friedrich Vorwerk Verlag, 1956. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Signed by the author Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:, Friedrich Vorwerk Verlag, 1956, 0, New York: Harper & Row, 1974. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, xix + 532 pages including black-and-white illustrations, endpaper maps; light shelf wear to spine ends and cover tips, otherwise very gently used, very clean and unmarked; DJ rubbed and bumped at spine and hinge ends, numerous tiny chips, now in new mylar protector. See also our listing for W. J. G. Knoch`s very scarce Short History of Austria and the Hapsburgs.. Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good -., Harper & Row, 1974, 3, Marek, George R. - The Eagles Die"The Eagles Die: Franz Joseph, Elisabeth, and Their Austria," by George R. Marek, published by Harper & Row Publishers: New York, 1974.ISBN: 0-06-012788-0Weight: 2.35 LbsCover: HardcoverCondition: Used, DecentPages: 532From Publisher: Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire for 68 years, succumbing at last at age 86, 2 years after the start of WWI. When Franz Joseph succeeded to its command, the Habsburg holdings included Milan & Venice, Prague & Cracow, as well as Vienna & Budapest. Within two years of his death, the empire had been reduced to the small country, centered on Vienna, that it essentially is today. The Eagles Die is the story of that Habsburg sunset & of the golden light that Viennese culture shed in the waning days of empire., Harper & Row Publishers, 1974, 0, An uproarious, eye-opening history of Europe's notorious royal houses that leaves no throne unturned and will make you glad you live in a democracy.Do you want to know which queen has the unique distinction of being the only known royal kleptomaniac? Or which empress kept her dirty underwear under lock and key? Or which czar, upon discovering his wife's infidelity, had her lover decapitated and the head, pickled in a jar, placed at her bedside?Royally dishing on hundreds of years of dubious behavior, Royal Babylon chronicles the manifold appalling antics of Europe's famous families, behavior that rivals the characters in an Aaron Spelling television series. Here, then, are the insane kings of Spain, one of whom liked to wear sixteen pairs of gloves at one time; the psychopathic Prussian soverigns who included Frederick William and his 102-inch waist; sex-fixated French rulers such as Philip Duke D'Oreleans cavorting with more than a hundred mistresses; and, of course, the delightfully drunken and debauched Russian czars - Czar Paul, for example, who to make his soldiers goose-step without bending their legs had steel plates strapped to their knees. But whether Romanov or Windsor, Habsburg or Hanover, these extravagant lifestyles, financed as they were by the royals' badgered subjects, bred the most wonderfully offbeat and disturbingly unbelievable tales - and Karl Shaw has collected them all in this hysterically funny and compulsively readable book.Royal Babylon is history, but not as they teach it in school, and it underlines in side-splitting fashion Queen Victoria's famous warning that it is unwise to look too deeply into the royal houses of Europe.Author Karl Shaw wrote and illustrated for UK newspapers and magazines for several years before working in advertising and marketing. He now lives in Staffordshire, England, where he has channeled a misdirected education into several books including Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty, 5 People Who Died During Sex, Curing Hiccups with Small Fires: A Miscellany of Great British Eccentrics, and 10 Ways to Recycle a Corpse., Crown; 1st Broadway Books trade pbk. ed edition (May 29, 2001), 0, Germany: Piper Verlag Gmbh, 1982. New Edition . Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. this copy dated 1982, paperback, illustrated, 375 pages, fine. shelf 274., Piper Verlag Gmbh, 1982, 5<

2007, ISBN: 3492247539

[EAN: 9783492247535], Gebraucht, [PU: Piper], Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einb… Mehr…

[EAN: 9783492247535], Gebraucht, [PU: Piper], Ausreichend/Acceptable: Exemplar mit vollständigem Text und sämtlichen Abbildungen oder Karten. Schmutztitel oder Vorsatz können fehlen. Einband bzw. Schutzumschlag weisen unter Umständen starke Gebrauchsspuren auf. / Describes a book or dust jacket that has the complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. (which must be noted). Binding, dust jacket (if any), etc may also be worn., Books<

2007, ISBN: 3492247539

[EAN: 9783492247535], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Piper], Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / … Mehr…

[EAN: 9783492247535], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Piper], Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages., Books<

2007, ISBN: 3492247539

[EAN: 9783492247535], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Piper], Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a… Mehr…

[EAN: 9783492247535], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Piper], Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages., Books<