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Gives the official version of how and why Crown Prince Rudolph died. Paints a beautiful picture of the city of Vienna at its height, before the Great War collapsed the Austro-Hungarian Empire and practically everything else the people in this story would have found familiar and understandable.

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On Friday, July 6, 1888, the price of sugar went up from forty to forty-two kreuzers a kilo in Imperial Vienna.

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  1. Frederic Morton (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown Company
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1979
ISBN: 0316585327
Page Count: 340

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Reading Level: Young Adults

Suitable for teens or adults.

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