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  • How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace
  • Written by: David King
  • Narrated by: Mel Foster
  • Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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The Napoleonic Wars had torn Europe apart, and the peace conference of 1814 was to be held in the continent's grandest city: Vienna. Everyone had an agenda in the postwar world, and spy networks, bitter hatreds, illicit affairs, and tangled alliances ensued.

Despite the gravity of the situation, the Hapsburg Emperor of Austria, in opening his splendid rococo palace to the European royals and providing elaborate banquets and lavish entertainments, set the stage for the most extravagant pageantry since the fall of the Roman Empire. Guests were swept up in the dazzling whirlwind of social events - masquerades, hunts, and elaborate dinners - even as maps were being redrawn, rulers reinstated or ousted, and fortunes transferred. Ultimately, the Congress of Vienna ushered in the longest period of peace Europe has ever known.

Vienna 1814 is a rich, impeccably researched history of the intrigue and frivolity that would forever mark the Congress of Vienna as the greatest Vanity Fair of all time.
©2008 David King (P)2008 Tantor
International Relations Europe
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"Deftly paced and engagingly written." ( Publishers Weekly)
"A worthy contribution to the study of a critical historical event long neglected by historians." ( Library Journal)

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How the hell does one get this job without knowing how to pronounce Castlereagh (KAH-sel-ray)?

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