Summary of Greg King & Penny Wilson's Twilight of Empire

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Publication Year:
2022

ISBN-13: 9798350030587

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#1 Vienna was the capital of the Habsburg dynasty, which ruled much of Europe. It was a place of studied artificiality and theatrical illusion, with rococo palaces, sugary pastries, and dashing officers squiring white-gloved ladies in an endless whirl of Strauss waltzes.

#2 The Vienna of 1889, with its ostensible lack of ambition and restless horses clopping around, seemed like an ideal place for a revolution to take place.

#3 The city of Vienna, Austria, in 1889 was the perfect place for a revolution to take place. The city was the capital of the Habsburg dynasty, which ruled much of Europe. It was a place of studied artificiality and theatrical illusion, with rococo palaces, sugary pastries, and dashing officers squiring white-gloved ladies in an endless whirl of Strauss waltzes.

#4 In 1889, the capital of the Habsburg dynasty, Vienna, seemed like an ideal place for a revolution to take place. The city was the center of artificiality and theatrical illusion, with rococo palaces, sugary pastries, and dashing officers squiring white-gloved ladies in an endless whirl of Strauss waltzes.