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001			ocn967094176
003			OCoLC
005			20180722225628.0
008			170831s2017 nyuaf b 001 0deng
010			_a 2017024874
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020			_a9781250083029 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1250083028 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)967094176
042			_apcc
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092			_a943.6044 _bK52
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aKing, Greg, _d1964- _eauthor. _9232423
245	1	0	_aTwilight of empire : _bthe tragedy at Mayerling and the end of the Habsburgs / _cGreg King and Penny Wilson.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2017.
300			_axvii, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index.
520			_aOn 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 Austria-Hungary appeared to have shot his seventeen-year-old mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera as she slept, sat with the corpse for hours and, when dawn broke, turned the pistol on himself. A century has transformed this bloody scene into romantic tragedy: star-crossed lovers who preferred death together than to be parted by a cold, unfeeling Viennese Court. But Mayerling is also the story of family secrets: incestuous relationships and mental instability; blackmail, venereal disease, and political treason; and a disillusioned, morphine-addicted Crown Prince and a naïve schoolgirl caught up in a dangerous and deadly waltz inside a decaying empire. What happened in that locked room remains one of history's most evocative mysteries: What led Rudolf and mistress to this desperate act? Was it really a suicide pact? Or did something far more disturbing take place at that remote hunting lodge and result in murder?
600	0	0	_aRudolf, _cCrown Prince of Austria, _d1858-1889. _9348204
600	1	0	_aVetsera, Mary, _cBaronesse, _d1871-1889. _9348205
600	3	0	_aHabsburg, House of. _922775
650		0	_aPrinces _zAustria _vBiography. _9232426
651		0	_aAustria _xPolitics and government _y1867-1918. _9348206
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
700	1		_aWilson, Penny, _d1966- _eauthor. _9268951
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