DANUBIA

From the end of the Middle Ages to the First World War, Europe was dominated by one family: the Habsburgs. Their unprecedented rule is the focus of Simon Winders vivid third book,Danubia.Winders approach is friendly, witty, personal/ this is a narrative that, wh ile erudite and well researched, prefers to be discursive and anecdotal. In his survey of the centuries of often incompetent Habsbur g rule which have continued to shape the fate of Central Europe, Winder does not shy away from the horrors, railing against the effe cts of nati...[Read more]