All for Love - Softcover

Jacobson, Dan

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79 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312427301 ISBN 13: 9780312427306

Publisher: Picador USA, 2007

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Set against the backdrop of pre-World War I Europe, a dramatic historical novel re-creates the scandalous, ultimately disastrous, romance between a Hapsburg princess, the daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium, and G�za Mattachich, a dashing, ambitious cavalryman. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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Review:

Confident, stylish, entertaining -- Anthony Thwaite, Sunday Telegraph

It's a wonderfully engaging performance. -- Ian Thomson, Spectator

a real page-turner. . . thoroughly enjoyable and engrossing- a real triumph -- Allan Massie, Scotsman

fascinating story. . . a thoroughly good read -- Alan Judd, Guardian

remarkable story of an intrigue at the heart of European power. . . finely told tale -- Daily Mail

‘A thoroughly enjoyable and engrossing book – a real triumph’ -- The Scotsman, January 29, 2005

‘Sparkling, satirical, pungently suggestive... thoroughly researched and vividly imagined... a compulsive page-turner’ -- The Sunday Times, February 13, 2005

About the Author:

Dan Jacobson is the author of some twenty books, including the acclaimed memoir Heshel's Kingdom. He is the winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Award and the Somerset Maugham Award, among many others. He lives and writes in London.

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