![]() ![]() Fifty years later, however, the values of the monarchy and of the people it serves have changed, and the monarchy is no longer the dominating force it once was. ![]() He is well rewarded by the emperor, and his son and grandson remain connected with the leaders of the country and benefit from this relationship. Straddling the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, The Radetzky March uniquely combines the color, pomp, pageantry, and military maneuvering of the last days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with the more modern political and psychological insights of the twentieth century, giving this short book a panoramic geographical and historical scope with fully rounded characters you can truly feel for.įollowing the fortunes of three generations of the Trotta family, the novel opens with the story of the grandfather, whose battlefield actions in the mid-nineteenth century save the life of the man who becomes Emperor Franz Josef. This is a masterpiece to be savored, celebrated, and shared. ![]()
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