Bought this out of curiosity, as I was intrigued to know how you can have a history of Austria - is it the history of the lands of the current state, or of the lands of the Austrian empire, or what? Is there even such a thing as the Austrian nation? It was light reading, and mad that such topics as Canossa or Stefan Zweig could be covered in a sentence and then on to the next topic. mostly it was a history of the Habsburgs, warfare and diplomacy, not a great deal of social history or of the land of Austria. It's a Friday afternoon and I'm off to give blood later before a dance evening at cubs - so I'll show up with my donor sticker and have a good excuse not to make a fool of myself with the dancing.
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