Description: Further DetailsTitle: Double EmperorCondition: NewSubtitle: The Life and Times of Francis of AustriaISBN-10: 0761870776EAN: 9780761870777ISBN: 9780761870777Publisher: Hamilton BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/15/2018Description: For forty-three years, Francis I of Austria ruled a vast heterogenous Empire that came to dominate the continent of Europe. Ascending Charlemagne’s thousand-year throne of the Holy Roman Empire at the age of twenty-four on the unexpected death of his father, this scion of the ancient Habsburg dynasty became the first Emperor of Austria and for two years, the only Double Emperor in history. Both the father in law of Napoleon Bonaparte and his chief rival for dominance of the continent of Europe, Francis eventually led a coalition of nations to Paris in 1814 and sent Napoleon into exile. The exiled Napoleon’s only son and heir lived with his grandfather thereafter in Vienna until his tragic early death. Kings, ministers, generals and the glitterati of Europe gathered under his watchful eye at the Congress of Vienna to decide the fate of a continent in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars in which he played a pivotal role. The Congress saw the emergence of his new Austrian Empire as the most dominant power in continental Europe until long after his death twenty years later. A devoted husband, father and grandfather, his modest lifestyle and simple tastes that set the tone of the Biedermeier era concealed a complex and calculating ruler whose initial, cautious liberalism gradually evolved into a stoic conservatism. No other life-biography in English has been written about this mysterious but powerful figure of early 19th century Europe whom Metternich and Radetzky called their master.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 18mmItem Weight: 476gAuthor: Chip WagarGenre: HistoryRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Double Emperor
Title: Double Emperor
Subtitle: The Life and Times of Francis of Austria
ISBN-10: 0761870776
EAN: 9780761870777
ISBN: 9780761870777
Release Date: 10/15/2018
Release Year: 2018
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Double Emperor : the Life and Times of Francis of Austria
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Hamilton Books
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Europe / Austria & Hungary, Europe / General, Historical
Publication Year: 2018
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Author: Chip Wagar
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
