The Fall of the Dynasties The Collapse of the Old Order 1905-1922.
Taylor, Edmond.
Place Published: Garden City, N.Y.:
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.,
Date Published: 1963.
Description: There are 421 pages with some drawings but no photos. The book is in VERY GOOD condition with owner's label on front pastedown, light denting of corners, wear on edges and minor age discoloration on pages. The jacket is in GOOD condition with age discolor on inside spine and some small closed tears on edges and corners with wear lines on flap fold edges. JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and other curious subjects. The jacket reads: In the ages before the first global war, four dynasties-the Habsburg,Hohenzollern, Ottoman, and Romanov-dominated much of civilization.On June 28, 1914, in the dusty little Balkan town of Sarajevo; the two World Wars, the Bolshevik revolution, the rise and fall of Hitler, the continuing turmoil in the Far and Near East, the power struggle between the Communist world and our own. Edmond Taylor traces the origins of the dynasties whose fall brought the old order crashing down. His book convincingly probes the characters and motivations of the four emporors, and brings out with particular clarity their personal roles in relation to the great historical trends of the age. Here, alive again out of old photographs, are Francis Joseph of Habsbuth; Nicholas II of Russia; Abdul Hamid, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Hohenzollern.The story of the decline and fall and rebirth of despotism, of blind leaders and deluded masses, of old wrongs perpetuated and of new ones imposed, of revolution leading into war and war leading to revolutions, of peace still-born, of hopes once more aroused and again betrayed.
Binding: Hard CoverCondition: Very Good in Good dj
Book Id: 12304
Price: $7.50
