The Assassination of the Archduke Sarajevo 1914 and the Romance That Changed the World |
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| Author:
| Woolmans, Sue |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4829-2465-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | CD-Audio |
| List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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A single event sparked the start of World War I, and at its heart was a tragic love story. When Archduke Franz Ferdinand chose to marry for love against the wishes of the Emperor, he and his wife were marked for destruction, sent to Sarajevo, a city seething with revolutionary violence, in the hope they would be killed. The Assassination of the Archduke paints a portrait of a couple deeply in love, devoted to their children, and determined to bring Austria-Hungary into the modern...
More DescriptionA single event sparked the start of World War I, and at its heart was a tragic love story. When Archduke Franz Ferdinand chose to marry for love against the wishes of the Emperor, he and his wife were marked for destruction, sent to Sarajevo, a city seething with revolutionary violence, in the hope they would be killed. The Assassination of the Archduke paints a portrait of a couple deeply in love, devoted to their children, and determined to bring Austria-Hungary into the modern world. Instead, they were murdered in cold blood, their empire destroyed. This booklays bare the lethal circumstances surrounding that fateful Sunday morning in1914.