![]() ![]() ![]() With its seemingly disorganized mass of large and small territories, its tangle of laws and privileges and its medley of languages, the Habsburg Empire has always appeared haphazard and incomplete. ![]() The family continued to dominate Central Europe until the catastrophe of the First World War. Then, in just a few decades, their possessions rapidly expanded to take in a large part of Europe stretching from Hungary to Spain, and from the Far East to the New World. From modest origins, the Habsburgs grew in power to gain control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century. In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearly a millennium. Students, scholars and the general reader will never find a better guide to Habsburg history' Alan Sked, Times Literary Supplement 'This is probably the best book ever written on the Habsburgs in any language, certainly the best I have ever read. Aircraft & Spacecraft: General Interest.Ships, Boats & Waterways: General Interest.Road & Motor Vehicles: General Interest. ![]()
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