Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs by Greg King, Penny Wilson

Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs

Greg King, Penny Wilson

352 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime dark informative tense slow-paced
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On a snowy January morning in 1889, a worried servant hacked open a locked door at the remote hunting lodge deep in the Vienna Woods. Inside, he found two bodies sprawled on an ornate bed, blood oozing from their mouths. Crown Prince Rudolf of Aus...

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informative 84%
dark 61%
sad 53%
reflective 30%
tense 30%
mysterious 23%
challenging 7%
emotional 7%

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fast 27%

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