Vienna, 1814 : how the conquerors of Napoleon made love, war, and peace at the Congress of Vienna / David King.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Harmony Books, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 434 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780307337177 (pbk)
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Bread and circuses -- Two princes -- Illustrious strangers -- Dorothee's choice -- The big four -- Bartering destiny -- "Europe, unhappy Europe" -- Spies are everywhere! -- Dancing with the world in their hands --
Details the 1814 Congress of Vienna, offering portraits of the participants and discussing the political intrigues, illicit affairs, tangled alliances, and bitter rivalries that marked the occasion that transformed the face of nineteenth-century Europe.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-417) and index.
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