[aaus-list] Book Release: The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke

[Max Pyziur]

The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
by Timothy Snyder

http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=9780465002375&atch=h

Publisher's Comments:
"Wilhelm Von Habsburg wore the uniform of the Austrian officer, the court 
regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the 
collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and, every so often, a dress. He 
could handle a saber, 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. "

Apparently, excerpts appeared in a course on East European history:
http://www.h-net.org/~habsweb/syllabi/ECE14-04.html

Other interesting and related stuff may be found here:
http://svitlytsia.crimea.ua/index.php?section=article&artID=4950
http://nastorozhi.vox.com.ua/dat/2006/04/07/avstr-jts-na-ukra-nskyh-terenah.htm

The Turn To The Right by Alexander J. Motyl p.28-32


fyi,

MP
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