A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889 Paperback - 1980
by Frederic Morton
Summary
Frederic Morton, author of the bestselling Rothschilds, deftly tells the haunting story of the Prince and his city, where, in the span of only ten months, "the Western dream started to go wrong." In Rudolf's Vienna moved other young men with striking intellectual and artistic talentsand all as frustrated as the Prince. Among them were: young Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, Theodor Herzl, Gustav Klimt, and the playwright Arthur Schnitzler, whose La Ronde was the great erotic drama of the fin de siecle. Morton studies these and other gifted young men, interweaving their fates with that of the doomed Prince and the entire city through to the eve of Easter, just after Rudolf's body is lowered into its permanent sarcophagus and a son named Adolf Hitler is born to Frau Klara Hitler.
From the rear cover
On January 30, 1889, at the champagne-splashed height of the Viennese Carnival, the Handsome and charming Crown Prince Rudolf fired a revolver at his teenaged mistress and them himself. The two shots that rang out at Mayerling in the Vienna Woods echo still.
Details
- Title A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
- Author Frederic Morton
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1980-10-30
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780140056679 / 014005667X
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.1 x 0.68 in (19.71 x 12.95 x 1.73 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
-
Themes
- Cultural Region: Central Europe
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Library of Congress subjects Austria - History - 1867-1918, Vienna (Austria) - Social life and customs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 80017493
- Dewey Decimal Code 943.613
Media reviews
Robert Kirsch, Los Angeles Times
"As lush, beguiling, and charming as an emperor's waltz"
Publisher's Weekly
"1888/1889 is my favorite year in the life of 'the imperial City,' and Frederic Morton's A Nervous Splendor is my favorite book about Vienna."
John Irving, author of The World According to Garp
More Copies for Sale
A Nervous Splendor: Vienna, 1888/1889
by Morton, Frederic
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - VG-
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780140056679 / 014005667X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Urbana, Illinois, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$8.51NZ$6.38 shipping to USA
Show Details
A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
by Morton, Frederic
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - NF/NW Paper
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780140056679 / 014005667X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$10.20NZ$5.96 shipping to USA
Show Details
A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
by Morton, Frederic
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780140056679 / 014005667X
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$10.50FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
by Morton, Frederic
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780140056679 / 014005667X
- Quantity Available
- 24
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$10.52FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
by Morton, Frederic
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780140056679 / 014005667X
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$10.52FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
by Morton, Frederic
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780140056679 / 014005667X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$10.52FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
by Frederic Morton
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780140056679 / 014005667X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$11.80FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
A Nervous Splendor : Vienna 1888-1889
by Morton, Frederic
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780140056679 / 014005667x
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Reno, Nevada, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$12.60FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
A Nervous Splendor : Vienna 1888-1889
by Morton, Frederic
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780140056679 / 014005667x
- Quantity Available
- 14
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$12.90FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
A Nervous Splendor : Vienna 1888-1889
by Morton, Frederic
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780140056679 / 014005667x
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
NZ$12.90FREE shipping to USA