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

nonfiction history true crime dark informative tense slow-paced

368 pages | first published 2017

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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 83%
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mysterious 50%
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emotional 16%

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