Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Life of the Emperor Francis Joseph
The annals of the House of Habsburg furnish a case in point - the best of all possible cases. There is no House in Europe whose annals are richer in incident and eccentricity; and the eccentricities, whether romantic or scandalous, are such as to challenge the scientific investigator?whether he be a student of eugenics or of politics - to group them and see what inferences he can draw. The present writer has decided to take up the challenge; and, in order to take it up, he Will be obliged to deal with a good many matters besides the political manoeuvres of the Emperor and his Ministers, John Orth pelting the Emperor with the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece Herr Wulfiing cracking nuts in a tree with Fraulein Adamovics; Princess Louisa of Tuscany, first bicycling with the dentist in the Dresden Park, and then appealing to her son's tutor to come and compromise her in Switzerland - all these are matters which may suggest re?ections quite as far-reaching as anything that we read about F rancis Joseph's skill in extricat ing his country from embarrassments with rival Powers and keeping the peace (in so far as it has been kept) between Ruthenians and Galicians.
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