The Habsburgs: The Rise and Fall of a World Power by Martyn Rady - 3/3/2022 12:00:00 AM

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Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; <b>Martyn Rady</b> is Masaryk Professor of Central European History at University College London. He has written several major works on the history of Hungary, from the medieval period to the twentieth century, but has also

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Penguin, 2022. Paperback. New. 416 pages. 7.68x5.04x1.38 inches.

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Mass Market Paperback. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd. | 2021 | Mass Market Paperback | 398 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs grew in power to gain control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century. Then, in just a few decades, their possessions rapidly expanded to take in a large part of Europe stretching from Hungary to Spain, and from the Far East to the New World. The family continued to dominate Central Europe until the catastrophe of the First World War. With its seemingly disorganized mass of large and small territories, its tangle of laws and privileges and its medley of languages, the Habsburg Empire has always appeared haphazard and incomplete. But here Martyn Rady shows the reasons for the family's incredible endurance, driven by the belief that they were destined to… Read More