Books on the Habsburgs

[Eric_Lowe]

Thanks for info on the lovely book.

[JamesAPrattIII]

Other books of note:
The Hapsburg Empire 1790-1918 C.N. Migratney
The Passing of the Hapsburg monarchy 1914-1918 Arthur may
The Army of Franz Joesph Gunther E Ruthenberg

[JamesAPrattIII]

In a recent issue of After the Battle magazine they have an article of the assassination of Franz F with  there usual then and now photos and who is really in them.

[Linnie]

I suppose that, unless someone finds an unopened box in the attic or inherits some old family archives, there won't be any new revelation or picture of Elizabeth, Franz-Joseph and their children. How probable is that?

[JamesAPrattIII]

I have read "The Assassination of the Archduke" a good read my only gripe is there mention of guards regiments when the Austro-hungarian army didn't have any guards regiments. Here are the only guards units in the A-H army:

KUK Trabantereibgarde a company of men from proven soldiers of the regular army that guard palaces and other Imperial residences.

KUK Leibgarderreitereskardron 150 men and 80 horses displace riders

KUK Liebgardeininfantriekompanie 278 men proven soldiers of the regular army who guard the royal palace in Vienna

[JamesAPrattIII]

Franz Conrad Von Hotzendorf by Lawrence Sondhaus a fine bio of the Austro-Hungarian army chief of staff

New books I have not read:
For god and Kaiser  by Rick Basset on the KUK armee
The Hapsburg Empire Pieter Judson

[JamesAPrattIII]

the ww1ha.org has a presentation on "the Forgotten Realm on the Eve of the Great war Austria-Hungary July 1914"

[JamesAPrattIII]

more books
A Heart for Europe James & Joanna Bogle A nice bio of Karl and Zita
The Last Habsburg and The last Empress both by Gordon Brook-Shepard nice bio of of Karl and Zita respecitivly

Vienna and the Fall of the  Habsburg Empire by Maureen Healy a very good account of the Austro-Hungarian home front during WW I mainly Vienna and how the break down on the home front led to the fall of the Habsburg Empire

[JamesAPrattIII]

"The Resurrection and Collapse of Empire in Habsburg Serbia 1914-1918" John Gunz A fine book on the Austrian occupation of Serbia in WW I

[JamesAPrattIII]

books:
Beyond Nationalism A Social and Political History of the Habsburg Officer Corps 1848-1918 by Istvan Deak a fine book on the subject

In the World War Count Ottokar Czernin memoirs of the Austrian Foreign Minister 1916-18 online archive.org

youtube presentation
Professor Alexander Watson inaugural lecture 2018: The Fortress The Dawn of Total War in East-Central Europe 1914-1915 deals with the Siege of Przemysl. The sound was poor bgut I believe the speaker has a book of the same title on the way

[JamesAPrattIII]

on youtube:
drachinifel has the following on the KUK navy:
The Battle of Lissa Special (where the Austrians defeated the inept Italians)
Telethoff class battleships
Radetzky class battleships

[JamesAPrattIII]

Drachinifel has a posting on the river monitor SMS Leitha built in 1872 and now restored as a museum ship in Budapest

[JamesAPrattIII]

drachinifel does it again The Bombardment of Ancona the largest KUK Navy operation of WW I. learn how to pronounce the names of all those KUK warships!