{"product_id":"9781529026160","title":"Danubia","description":"Author: Simon Winder\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529026160\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Feb 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 464\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor centuries much of Europe was in the hands of the very peculiar Habsburg family. An unstable mixture of wizards, obsessives, melancholics, bores, musicians and warriors, they saw off – through luck, guile and sheer mulishness – any number of rivals, until finally packing up in 1918. From their principal lairs along the Danube they ruled most of Central Europe and Germany and interfered everywhere – indeed the history of Europe hardly makes sense without them.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Simon Winder’s extremely funny new book plunges the reader into a maelstrom of alchemy, skeletons, jewels, bear-moats, unfortunate marriages and a guinea-pig village. \u003ci\u003eDanubia\u003c\/i\u003e is full of music, piracy, religion and fighting. It is the history of a dynasty, but it is at least as much about the people they ruled, who spoke many different languages, lived in a vast range of landscapes, believed in many rival gods and often showed a marked ingratitude towards their oddball ruler in Vienna. Readers who discovered Simon Winder’s genius for telling wonderful stories of middle Europe with \u003ci\u003eGermania\u003c\/i\u003e will be delighted by the eccentric and fascinating stories of the Habsburgs and their world.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eDanubia\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2013.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845853757598,"sku":"TLD-9781529026160","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529026160.jpg?v=1781222963","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529026160","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}