Vienna, 1814
Subtitle: how the conquerors of Napoleon made love, war, and peace at the Congress of Vienna
By: David King
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harmony Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9780307337160
Subjects: Politics and government; Treaties; History; Congress of Vienna (1814-1815); Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Statesmen
Other titles: When the world came to town
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-417) and index.
Table of contents: title: Bread and circuses; title: Two princes; title: Illustrious strangers; title: Dorothee's choice; title: The big four; title: Bartering destiny; title: "Europe, unhappy Europe"; title: Spies are everywhere!; title: Dancing with the world in their hands; title: The people's festival; title: A lawless scramble?; title: Six weeks of hell; title: Robinson Crusoe; title: Dinner with the tsar; title: Pursuing phantoms; title: The last joust; title: "The glorious moment"; title: The cook, the painter, the ballerina, and the diplomat; title: Indiscretion; title: King of the suburbs; title: Requiem; title: The great sleigh ride; title: "Odious and criminal traffick in human flesh"; title: Before the cake was cut; title: Time to save the world again; title: His majesty, the outlaw; title: With the spring violets; title: Criers of Vive le Roi! doers of nothing; title: Farewells; title: conquering the peace; title: To conquer or die; title: La belle alliance; title: Shifting sand.