The Road to Mayerling; Life and Death of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria

by Richard Barkeley

• ISBN13: 9781842126738
• ISBN10: 1842126733
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Phoenix Press

Summary

This superbly factual account of the life and death of Austria's Prince Rudolph reads like a fast-paced thriller. The colorful and controversial Prince--the last and most talented of the Hapsburg line--was discovered dead on January 30, 1889, in the royal hunting lodge at Mayerling. Beside him, also dead, lay his mistress, the beautiful young Baroness Mary Vetsera. What happened that day remains a mystery that has evoked endless speculation and countless dramatic re-creations--none more engrossing and entertaining than Barkeley's vivid telling.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Note on Sources and Books	p. xiii
List of Illustrations	p. xv
Prelude	p. 1
Troubled Childhood	p. 5
Turbulent Youth	p. 24
Testing Time	p. 39
Marriage	p. 58
Politics and Early Married Life	p. 73
Strange Trends and Influences	p. 96
New Friends and New Foes	p. 110
'A Looker-on Here in Vienna'	p. 136
Anxiety and Frustration	p. 164
Lengthening Shadows	p. 183
The Road to Mayerling	p. 205
'Night's Candles are Burnt Out'	p. 230
Aftermath
'The Sight is Dismal'	p. 242
'Such Maimed Rites'	p. 258
'Something is Rotten in the State'	p. 265
Index	p. 287
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