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A comprehensive history of a powerful family dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries, from its rise to its final decline.
We are accustomed to seeing the Habsburgs as the leaders of a crumbling empire, a haphazard state formation whose success remains a mystery. But Professor Martin Reidy has managed to paint a true portrait of them: unyielding power and unwavering will, driven by a belief in a higher calling to rule the world as defenders of the Catholic Church, guardians of peace, and patrons of education.
How did the Habsburgs, from humble beginnings, gain millennial control of the Holy Roman Empire and, in just a few decades, extend their dominions from Hungary to Spain, as well as parts of the New World and the Far East? What ties the pasts of Slovakia, Belgium, Mexico, the Philippines, and dozens of other countries together into a single historical narrative? And why did a seemingly unshakable thousand-year-old dynasty fall at the dawn of the 20th century and the First World War?
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