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Vienna 1814: How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of Vienna

Vienna 1814: How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of Vienna

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ISBN10: 1400136261
ISBN13: 9781400136261
Publisher: Tantor Media Inc
Weight: 1.86
Height: 0.95 Width: 6.82 Depth: 6.28
Language: English
The Napoleonic Wars had torn Europe apart, and the peace conference of 1814 was to be held in the continent's grandest city: Vienna. Everyone had an agenda in the postwar world, and spy networks, bitter hatreds, illicit affairs, and tangled alliances ensued. Despite the gravity of the situation, the Hapsburg Emperor of Austria, in opening his splendid rococo palace to the European royals and providing elaborate banquets and lavish entertainments, set the stage for the most extravagant pageantry since the fall of the Roman Empire. Guests were swept up in the dazzling whirlwind of social events-masquerades, hunts, and elaborate dinners-even as maps were being redrawn, rulers reinstated or ousted, and fortunes transferred. Ultimately, the Congress of Vienna ushered in the longest period of peace Europe has ever known. Vienna 1814 is a rich, impeccably researched history of the intrigue and frivolity that would forever mark the Congress of Vienna as the greatest Vanity Fair of all time.

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