{"product_id":"the-red-prince-the-secret-lives-of-a-habsburg-archduke-paperback","title":"The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilhelm Von Habsburg wore the uniform of the Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, and, every so often, a dress. He could handle a saber, a pistol, a rudder, or a golf club; he handled women by necessity and men for pleasure. He spoke the Italian of his archduchess mother, the German of his archduke father, the English of his British royal friends, the Polish of the country his father wished to rule, and the Ukrainian of the land Wilhelm wished to rule himself. In this exhilarating narrative history, prize-winning historian Timothy D. Snyder offers an indelible portrait of an aristocrat whose life personifies the wrenching upheavals of the first half of the twentieth century, as the rule of empire gave way to the new politics of nationalism. Coming of age during the First World War, Wilhelm repudiated his family to fight alongside Ukrainian peasants in hopes that he would become their king. When this dream collapsed he became, by turns, an ally of German imperialists, a notorious French lover, an angry Austrian monarchist, a calm opponent of Hitler, and a British spy against Stalin. Played out in Europe's glittering capitals and bloody battlefields, in extravagant ski resorts and dank prison cells, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Prince\u003c\/i\u003e captures an extraordinary moment in the history of Europe, in which the old order of the past was giving way to an undefined future-and in which everything, including identity itself, seemed up for grabs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimothy Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1997, where he was a British Marshall Scholar. Before joining the faculty at Yale in 2001, he held fellowships in Paris, Vienna, and Warsaw, and an Academy Scholarship at Harvard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He has spent some ten years in Europe, and speaks five and reads ten European languages. Among his publications are several award-winning books, all of which have been translated: \u003ci\u003eNationalism, Marxism, and Modern Central Europe: A Biography of Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz\u003c\/i\u003e; The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999; \u003ci\u003eSketches from a Secret War: A Polish Artist's Mission to Liberate Soviet Ukraine\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOn Tyranny\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Unfreedom\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for publications including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Foreign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement, Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eInternational Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 8.82 x 5.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 28, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52788687700301,"sku":"9780465018970","price":55.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/akNZbHovelVvVGd1Rk82RWhSUEtLdz09.webp?v=1763405554","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-red-prince-the-secret-lives-of-a-habsburg-archduke-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}