Central Europe Books


Vienna 1814: How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of ViennaVienna 1814: How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of Vienna
Best Price: $13.70
Based on the Amazon reviews, "Vienna 1814" has raised some unexpected passions, given...
Prague in Danger: The Years of German Occupation, 1939-45: Memories and History, Terror and Resistance, Theater and Jazz, Film and Poetry, Politics and WarPrague in Danger: The Years of German Occupation, 1939-45: Memories and History, Terror and Resistance, Theater and Jazz, Film and Poetry, Politics and War
Best Price: $10.99
A selective history, interwoven with personal reminisces by the author, of a great European city...
Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, FriendsCentral Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends
Best Price: $34.05
This is one of the best, perhaps the best, survey or overview history of a region that I have...
Central and East European Politics: From Communism to DemocracyCentral and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy
Best Price: $29.00
This long-needed text explores the other half of Europe--the new and future members of the...
The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918 (2nd Edition)The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918 (2nd Edition)
I bought the second edition under the misleading impression that the contents will be updated,...


The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech HistoryThe Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History
Best Price: $26.84
Anybody wanting to gain a deeper knowledge of the Czech people, Czech culture, and Czech spirit...
Daily Life in Rembrandt's Holland (Daily Life)Daily Life in Rembrandt's Holland (Daily Life)
Best Price: $21.80
If you can, imagine a slice of time and space from The Structures of Everyday Life set in the...
One Day That Shook the Communist World: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Its LegacyOne Day That Shook the Communist World: The 1956 Hungarian Uprising and Its Legacy
Best Price: $13.95
On October 23, 1956, a popular uprising against Soviet rule swept through Hungary like a force...
The Gypsies (The Peoples of Europe)The Gypsies (The Peoples of Europe)
Best Price: $100.67
This 1995 reprint seems to be a revised edition of the 1992 book, as it contains a picture...
Hitler's Austria: Popular Sentiment in the Nazi Era, 1938-1945Hitler's Austria: Popular Sentiment in the Nazi Era, 1938-1945
Best Price: $30.00
The book was great. However, I needed to take it to my daughter who was flying out to Madrid on...


Before The Storm: Memories of My Youth in Old PrussiaBefore The Storm: Memories of My Youth in Old Prussia
Best Price: $107.65
Marion Countess Donhoff is a member of an aristocratic East Prussian family, an accomplished...
The Reluctant EmpressThe Reluctant Empress
Best Price: $96.69
Elisabeth of Austria has held a strange fascination for many people, because of her reknown...
The World of the Trapp FamilyThe World of the Trapp Family
Best Price: $23.60
This is one book I will keep in my private library. Very good book with all the pictures. My...
Death by Fame: A Life of Elisabeth, Empress of AustriaDeath by Fame: A Life of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria
Best Price: $17.92
It's a good book, but there's something wrong in the pictures! There is a picture in the middle...
The Uncrowned Emperor: The Life and Times of Otto von HabsburgThe Uncrowned Emperor: The Life and Times of Otto von Habsburg
Best Price: $29.95
I found this book dry; yet overly sympathetic to its subject, without a historian's objectivity....

Archduke of Sarajevo: The Romance and Tragedy of Franz Ferdinand of AustriaArchduke of Sarajevo: The Romance and Tragedy of Franz Ferdinand of Austria
Brook-Shepherd, a longtime European correspondent for the British newspaper _Daily Telegraph_,...
Crime at Mayerling: The Life and Death of Mary Vetsera : With New Expert Opinions Following the Desecration of Her Grave (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought Translation Series)Crime at Mayerling: The Life and Death of Mary Vetsera : With New Expert Opinions Following the Desecration of Her Grave (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought Translation Series)
Best Price: $14.94
Although you won't find any new and interesting twists in this book about the death of Crown...
Culture Shock! Austria: A Guide to Customs & EtiquetteCulture Shock! Austria: A Guide to Customs & Etiquette
Best Price: $8.37
I bought this book before my first trip to Austria. I had a sinking feeling while reading it...
Culture Shock! Austria: A Guide to Customs & EtiquetteCulture Shock! Austria: A Guide to Customs & Etiquette
Best Price: $8.37
I bought this book before my first trip to Austria. I had a sinking feeling while reading it...
Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its CultureBudapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture
Best Price: $34.59
In many of his books, Lukacs sets out to write a multi-disciplinary history (drawing on...

The City and Crown: Vienna and the Imperial Court, 1600-1740The City and Crown: Vienna and the Imperial Court, 1600-1740
Best Price: $51.95
Spielman presents the role of the Habsburg court in the rise of Vienna the early modem period....
State and Society in Early Modern AustriaState and Society in Early Modern Austria
Best Price: $13.75
The history of the Habsburg Monarchy and Austria in the early modern period continues to capture...
Geneva Zurich Basel: History, Culture, & National IdentityGeneva Zurich Basel: History, Culture, & National Identity
Best Price: $32.50
Recognized by historians and politicians as a model for European unity, Switzerland is...
The Austrians : A Thousand-Year OdysseyThe Austrians : A Thousand-Year Odyssey
Best Price: $5.95
The title of this book is misleading. This is because Mr. Brooke-Shepherd devotes most of his...
Intellectuals and the Future in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1890-1914Intellectuals and the Future in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1890-1914

Thunder at Twilight: Vienna, 1913-1914Thunder at Twilight: Vienna, 1913-1914
Best Price: $6.25
I'm doing research on the hope of writing a romance novel based on a story my ex-husband told me...
The Great Elector: Frederick William of Brandenburg - Prussia (Profiles in Power Series)The Great Elector: Frederick William of Brandenburg - Prussia (Profiles in Power Series)
Best Price: $49.98
When the standard reference sources are consulted regarding Frederick William there are usually...
With the Hungarian Independence Movement, 1943-1947: An Eyewitness AccountWith the Hungarian Independence Movement, 1943-1947: An Eyewitness Account
Best Price: $94.11
The Magyar Fuggetlensegi Mozgalom (Hungarian Independence Movement or MFM) played an important...
The Habsburg Monarchy, C. 1765-1918: From Enlightenment to EclipseThe Habsburg Monarchy, C. 1765-1918: From Enlightenment to Eclipse
Best Price: $6.00
I was really disappointed by this book. As a history-reader, the Habsburg monarchy during the...
Contemporary Austrian Studies (The Marshall Plan in Austria)Contemporary Austrian Studies (The Marshall Plan in Austria)
Best Price: $40.00
Perhaps no country benefited more from the Marshall Plan for assistance in reconstruction of...

The Habsburgs: Embodying EmpireThe Habsburgs: Embodying Empire
Best Price: $25.00
Unlike most histories of the Austian-Spanish-Burgundian-Low Country-Holy Roman Emporers, who...
Frederick the Great: The Magnificent EnigmaFrederick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma
Best Price: $8.94
Mr. Asprey presents a very interesting account of Frederick the Great in this biography. I...
Central And Eastern Europe (International Government & Politics Series)Central And Eastern Europe (International Government & Politics Series)
Best Price: $51.95
John Dornberg explores the drama of the disintegration of Communist Eastern Europe and the...
From Dissident to Party Politics: The Struggle for Democracy in Post-Communist Hungary, 1989-1994 (East European Monographs)From Dissident to Party Politics: The Struggle for Democracy in Post-Communist Hungary, 1989-1994 (East European Monographs)
Best Price: $45.00
Bernard Ivan Tamas lays out the history of the struggle for democracy in the early years of...
Hope Dies Last: The Autobiography of Alexander DubcekHope Dies Last: The Autobiography of Alexander Dubcek
Best Price: $33.00

The ElefanthyThe Elefanthy
Best Price: $39.94
Austria: From Habsburg to HitlerAustria: From Habsburg to Hitler
Best Price: $85.00
Gulick covers exhaustively and in detail the death of the Habsburg Empire, the birth of the...
Vienna: The Past in the Present : A Historical Survey (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)Vienna: The Past in the Present : A Historical Survey (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)
Best Price: $15.94
Unfinished Socialism: Pictures from the Kadar EraUnfinished Socialism: Pictures from the Kadar Era
Best Price: $36.95
This is az amazing book about an interesting period of Hungarian history. In my view, if you'd...
The Great Country Houses of Central Europe: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, PolandThe Great Country Houses of Central Europe: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland

The Habsburg Empire: From Dynasticism to Multinationalism (Anvil Series)The Habsburg Empire: From Dynasticism to Multinationalism (Anvil Series)
Best Price: $20.49
Dr. Fichtner presents a concise summary of the development and problems of the Habsburg Empire...
Hitler and the Forgotten Nazis: A History of Austrian National SocialismHitler and the Forgotten Nazis: A History of Austrian National Socialism
Best Price: $155.00
Disturbing The PeaceDisturbing The Peace
Best Price: $4.70
We Americans tend to forget that Vaclav Havel was an Artist, poet, writer and existentialist...
Austria 1945-95: Fifty Years of the Second Republic (Association for the Study of German Politics)Austria 1945-95: Fifty Years of the Second Republic (Association for the Study of German Politics)
Best Price: $16.98
The Survival of the Habsburg Empire: Redetzky, the Imperial Army, and the Class War, 1848The Survival of the Habsburg Empire: Redetzky, the Imperial Army, and the Class War, 1848

Ideas on Territorial Revision in Hungary, 1920-1945 (Chsp Hungarian Studies)Ideas on Territorial Revision in Hungary, 1920-1945 (Chsp Hungarian Studies)
Best Price: $56.98
The Spirit of Hungary : A Panorama of Hungarian History and Culture (Third Edition)The Spirit of Hungary : A Panorama of Hungarian History and Culture (Third Edition)
Best Price: $40.00
Preparing for a trip to Hungary, I enjoyed Sisa's rather old-fashioned narrative history....
Decades of Crisis: Central and Eastern Europe before World War IIDecades of Crisis: Central and Eastern Europe before World War II
Best Price: $15.94
This is the best of a number of books that I have read that discuss the entire region - the...
Bohemia in HistoryBohemia in History
Best Price: $125.98
This original collection of essays offers an account of key moments and themes in the history of...
Critical Essays on World Literature Series - Vaclav Havel (b. 1936) (Critical Essays on World Literature Series)Critical Essays on World Literature Series - Vaclav Havel (b. 1936) (Critical Essays on World Literature Series)
Best Price: $33.00
I recently wrote my senior research paper for school on Vaclav Havel. I read through many books...

Magic PragueMagic Prague
Best Price: $98.00
If any book can capture the Genius Loci of Prague, this is the one.
President Edvard Benes: Between East and West, 1938-1948 (Hoover Institution Press Publication)President Edvard Benes: Between East and West, 1938-1948 (Hoover Institution Press Publication)The Emperor and the Actress: The Love Story of Emperor Franz Josef and Katharina SchrattThe Emperor and the Actress: The Love Story of Emperor Franz Josef and Katharina SchrattRoutledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919 (Routledge Companions to History)Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919 (Routledge Companions to History)
Best Price: $32.87
@text: his guide is a compact and highly accessible work of reference that covers eastern and...
Introducing Austria: A Short History (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)Introducing Austria: A Short History (Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture, and Thought)
Best Price: $14.94
I actually purchased this book in preparation for my vacation in Austria. The book served as a...

Hungary at War: Civilians and Soldiers in World War IIHungary at War: Civilians and Soldiers in World War II
Best Price: $54.95
The book is overpriced, the author is misinformed about many facts,and repeating himself...
    
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