Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs by Greg King, Penny Wilson

Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs

Greg King, Penny Wilson with Anne Flosnik (Narrator)

9 hours, 45 minutes first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history true crime dark informative tense slow-paced

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On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant hacked open a locked door at the remote hunting lodge deep in the Vienna Woods. Inside, he found two bodies sprawled on an ornate bed, blood oozing from their mouths. Crown Prince Rudolf of Aus...

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informative 85%
dark 57%
sad 57%
mysterious 42%
reflective 42%
tense 28%
emotional 14%

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medium 33%
slow 16%

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