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100 1 $aKing, David,$d1970-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004011293
245 10 $aVienna, 1814 :$bhow the conquerors of Napoleon made love, war, and peace at the Congress of Vienna /$cDavid King.
246 1 $iPre-publication title:$aWhen the world came to town
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarmony Books,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $aviii, 434 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-417) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tBread and Circuses -- $g2.$tTwo Princes -- $g3.$tIllustrious Strangers -- $g4.$tDorothee's Choice -- $g5.$tThe Big Four -- $g6.$tBartering Destiny -- $g7.$t"Europe, Unhappy Europe" -- $g8.$tSpies Are Everywhere! -- $g9.$tDancing With the World in Their Hands -- $g10.$tThe People's Festival -- $g11.$tA Lawless Scramble? -- $g12.$tSix Weeks of Hell -- $g13.$tRobinson Crusoe -- $g14.$tDinner With the Tsar -- $g15.$tPursuing Phantoms -- $g16.$tThe Last Joust -- $g17.$t"The Glorious Moment" -- $g18.$tThe Cook, the Painter, the Ballerina, and the Diplomat -- $g19.$tIndiscretion -- $g20.$tKing of the Suburbs -- $g21.$tRequiem -- $g22.$tThe Great Sleigh Ride -- $g23.$t"Odious and Criminal Traffick in Human Flesh" -- $g24.$tBefore the Cake Was Cut -- $g25.$tTime to Save the World Again -- $g26.$tHis Majesty, the Outlaw -- $g27.$tWith the Spring Violets -- $g28.$tCriers of Vive Le Roi! Doers of Nothing! -- $g29.$tFarewells -- $g30.$tConquering the Peace -- $g31.$tTo Conquer or Die -- $g32.$tLa Belle Alliance -- $g33.$tShifting Sand.
520 1 $a"Vienna, 1814 is an account of the most audacious and extravagant peace conference in modern European history. With the feared Napoleon Bonaparte presumably defeated and exiled to the small island of Elba, heads of some 216 states gathered in Vienna to begin piecing together the ruins of his toppled empire. Major questions loomed: What would be done with France? How were the newly liberated territories to be divided? What type of restitution would be offered to families of the deceased? But this unprecedented gathering of kings, dignitaries, and diplomatic leaders unfurled a seemingly endless stream of personal vendettas, long-simmering feuds, and romantic entanglements that threatened to undermine the crucial work at hand, even as their hard-fought policy decisions shaped the destiny of Europe and led to the longest sustained peace the continent would ever see." "Beyond the diplomatic wrangling, however, the Congress of Vienna served as a backdrop for the most spectacular Vanity Fair of its time. Highlighted by such celebrated figures as the elegant but incredibly vain Prince Metternich of Austria, the unflappable and devious Prince Talleyrand of France, and the volatile Tsar Alexander of Russia, as well as appearances by Ludwig van Beethoven and Emilia Bigottini, the sheer star power of the Vienna congress outshone nearly everything else in the public eye. An early incarnation of the cult of celebrity, the congress devolved into a series of debauched parties that continually delayed the progress of peace, until word arrived that Napoleon had escaped, abruptly halting the revelry and shrouding the continent in panic once again." "Vienna, 1814 beautifully illuminates the intricate social and political intrigue of this history-defining congress - a glorified party that seemingly valued frivolity over substance but nonetheless managed to drastically reconfigure Europe's balance of power and usher in the modern age."--BOOK JACKET.
611 20 $aCongress of Vienna$d(1814-1815)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50055590
650 0 $aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815$vTreaties.
651 0 $aEurope$xPolitics and government$y1789-1815.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045742
650 0 $aStatesmen$zEurope$xHistory$y19th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024680.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007024680-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2007024680-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007024680-s.html
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