The assassination of the archduke Sarajevo 1914 and the romance that changed the world

Drawing on unpublished letters and rare primary sources, King and Woolmans tell the true story behind the tragic romance and brutal assassination that sparked World War I In the summer of 1914, three great empires dominated Europe: Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. Four years later all had vanis...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Greg, 1964-
Other Authors: Woolmans, Sue
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2014, ©2013.
Edition:1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000Ia 4500
001 ocn870098069
003 OCoLC
005 20240920154700.0
008 140206r20142013nyuac b 001 0beng d
020 |a 9781250055460  |q (pbk.) 
020 |a 1250055466  |q (pbk.) 
035 |a (OCoLC)870098069 
040 |a YDXCP  |c YDXCP  |d BTCTA  |d BDX  |d TDF  |d IKG  |d NYP  |d UtOrBLW 
082 0 0 |a [B] 
100 1 |a King, Greg,  |d 1964- 
245 1 4 |a The assassination of the archduke :  |b Sarajevo 1914 and the romance that changed the world /  |c Greg King and Sue Woolmans. 
250 |a 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b St. Martin's Griffin,  |c 2014, ©2013. 
300 |a 384 pages :  |b illustrations, portraits ;  |c 21 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520 0 |a Drawing on unpublished letters and rare primary sources, King and Woolmans tell the true story behind the tragic romance and brutal assassination that sparked World War I In the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 hear was a tragic love story. When Austrian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand married for love against the wishes of the emperor, he and his wife Sophie were humiliated and shunned, yet they remained devoted to each other and to their children. The two bullets fired in Sarajevo not only ended their love story, but also led to war and a century of conflict. Set against a backdrop of glittering privilege, The Assassination of the Archduke combines royal history, touching romance, and political murder in a moving portrait of the end of an era. One hundred years after the event, it offers the startling truth behind the Sarajevo assassinations, including Serbian complicity and examines rumors of conspiracy and official negligence. Events in Sarajevo also doomed the couple's children to lives of loss, exile, and the horrors of Nazi concentration camps, their plight echoing the horrors unleashed by their parents' deaths. Challenging a century of myth, The Assassination of the Archduke resonates as a very human story of love destroyed by murder, revolution, and war. 
600 0 0 |a Franz Ferdinand,  |c Archduke of Austria,  |d 1863-1914  |x Assassination. 
600 0 0 |a Sophie,  |c Archduchess of Austria,  |d 1866-1914. 
650 0 |a Princes  |z Austria  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a Princesses  |z Austria  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a World War, 1914-1918  |x Causes. 
651 0 |a Austria  |x History  |y Franz Joseph I, 1848-1916. 
700 1 |a Woolmans, Sue. 
949 |a schlow  |b SANBIO  |c Franz  |d i  |e 39635104637634  |f 779437  |g loc  |j 09/05/2024 
999 |a 493736