„Others may wage wars, you, happy Austria, marry.” Despite the fact that this maxim held true for many centuries, the era of the Habsburgs was by no means always blessed with peace. They knew no mercy in their struggle for the crown and for power. Many a wedlock that initially appeared auspicious proved ill-starred and problematic. It was the exception rather than the rule that these marriages, arranged for reasons
of political expedience, were happy. In this volume, the author describes the intensely private trials and tribu - lations of the ruling dynasty, but also gives us a glimpse of the Habsburgs’ days of glory. Sigrid-Maria Größing has a special gift for recounting the
history of Austria and its great rulers in a style both engrossing and accessible.
Sigrid-Maria Grössing, PhD, is a writer of life-stories and biographies; born
in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria, she studied German and history. She has
been working as a freelance author since 1990, publishing 16 books in eight
languages to date, largely on the history of the Habsburgs. Previous publications
at Amalthea: „Maximilian I”, „We Could Have Been Sitting in a Rose
Garden”, „Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor” and, most recently, „AEIOU – Joy
and Sorrow in the Austrian Imperial Family”, which became a great success.
