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A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889

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A National Book Award Finalist

A "riveting" (New York Times) look at one year of Viennese life during the twilight of an empire


On January 30, 1889, at the champagne-splashed hight of the Viennese Carnival, the handsome and charming Crown Prince Rudolf fired a revolver at his teenaged mistress and then himself. The two shots that rang out at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods echo still.

Frederic Morton, author of the bestselling Rothschilds, deftly tells the haunting story of the Prince and his ci...