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Emperor Francis Joseph, King of the Hungarians

András Gerö

EEM#566
December, 2000
Cloth, 280 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-88033-464-8
East European Monographs
$39.50 / £27.50

This book examines the evolution of relations between the Habsburg ruler of Hungary and his subjects from the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1849 to the Compromise of 1867 and on to World War I. The book explains the evolution of Francis Joseph's attitude toward the Hungarians whose public adulation of their king camouflaged a historical condition of enmity that never disappeared.

About the Author

Andras Gero is professor of history and chair of social history at Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest.

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