Alma Hannig - Ferenc Ferdinánd

"Why is it necessary to write a biography of Ferenc Ferdinand? People come across this question (outside of historical circles) mainly because most people know the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne...only from the circumstances of his death. However, his activities in the last years before the First World War and the important role he played in the Monarchy were almost completely forgotten. However, the decisive impetus for the preparation of this volume was mainly given by the realization that even to this day, even the specialized literature presents very incompletely the place of the heir to the throne Austria-Hungary in the political development and its influence on the processes." - writes the German author in the conclusion of the book. Ferenc Ferdinánd "is one of the great unknowns of history", so it can rightly be said that the reader has a work to fill the gaps in his hands. Alma Hannig embeds the rather unusual life story of the heir to the throne in the internal affairs of the Habsburg Empire and the complicated great power relations of Europe at the time, and gives a glimpse into the aspirations that eventually led to the Great War. The book also processes material from private archives and collections, one of the prominent topics of which is the archduke's relationship with the Hungarians. The specialty of the biography (which is addressed both to initiated connoisseurs of history and to laymen interested in the era) is that, through the analysis of numerous works, it also shows how the figure of the tragic heir to the throne lives on in literature, fine arts and film.

Saxum Publishing
Biography
300 pages
Binding: hardboard, thread bound
ISBN: 9789632482378
Author: Alma Hannig