Simon Winder

In Danubia, Simon Winder tells the history of the peculiar Habsburg family – an unstable mixture of obsessives, melancholics, musicians, and warriors – who ruled most of Central Europe and Germany until finally packing up in 1918. Winder combines historical depth with personal anecdote to deliver a fascinating account of a dynasty and the people and lands they ruled, including everything from Mozart to bear-moats, from Kafka to guinea-pig zoos.