The assassination of the Archduke : Sarajevo, 1914, and the romance that changed the world / Greg King and Sue Woolmans.
In the summer of 1914, three great empires dominated Europe: Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. Four years later all had vanished in the chaos of World War I. One event precipitated the conflict, and at its heart was a tragic love story. When Austrian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand married for lov...
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New York, N.Y. :
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2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Vienna, January 1889
- In the shadow of the throne
- Adventure and illness
- Romance
- "A triumph of love"
- "Don't let her think she's one of us!"
- The swirl of gossip
- Attitudes soften
- "Konopischt was home"
- "Even death will not part us!"
- An emperor in training
- Diplomacy and roses
- "I consider war to be lunacy!"
- The fatal invitation
- The plot
- "I'm beginning to fall in love with Bosnia"
- St. Vitus's day
- "The anguish was indescribable"
- United in death
- Headlong toward oblivion
- Ripples from Sarajevo.