THE RED PRINCE: The Fall of a Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Europe.
Pp. text illustrations and maps, family trees, biographical sketches, chronology of Habsburg history, note on terms and languages notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black papered boards, spine lettered in silver, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper board; dust wrapper, the flaps a trifle foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, text block faintly browned, top edges of leaves lightly foxed; The Bodley Head, London, 2008. First edition. *Biography of Archduke Wilhelm von Habsburg (1895-1947). 'He could handle a sabre, a pistol, a rudder, or a golf club: he handled women by necessity and men for pleasure. He spoke the Italian of his archduchess mother, the German of his archduke father, the English of his British royal friends, the Polish of the country his father wished to rule, and the Ukrainian of the land Wilhelm wished to rule himself' [wrapper blurb]. Item #179817
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