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The Red Prince
- The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
- Narrateur(s): Michael Damon
- Durée: 11 h et 5 min
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Description
From the palaces of the Habsburg Empire to the torture chambers of Stalin's Soviet Union, the extraordinary story of a life suspended between the collapse of the imperial order and the violent emergence of modern Europe.
Wilhelm 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 20th 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, The Red Prince 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.
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Histoire
- Pierre Gauthier
- 2022-02-18
Why?
One ponders on the reasons for choosing to write the biography of the third son of an emperor’s second son, who did not accomplish anything significant professionally or militarily, did not write or teach at all and apparently did not invest time in any children or followers. Rather pathetically, he was willing to do anything to become king somewhere, flirting over the years with the left, the Nazis, the British and the French, among others. The book is not very well written, with multiple repetitions and scant analysis. No doubt because of what sources are actually available, it strangely stands at arm’s length from its protagonists’ personalities and yet includes pointless details, such as specific wedding gifts received.
In the audio version, the narrator seems little interested by the text and largely keeps to a monochord. It is dismaying that he did not make any effort to verify how foreign words are said, so that Mistinguette sounds like “Mistingway”, Enghien is uttered to rhyme with “swine” and “Volksdeutsche” is pronounced “Vokesdoosh”.
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