All for Love - Softcover

Jacobson, Dan

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79 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141017422 ISBN 13: 9780141017426

Publisher: Penguin, 2006

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She was a princess, daughter of perhaps the most hated king in Europe. He was just a lowly hussar. Their love affair in turn-of-the-century Vienna was to scandalize a continent. The story of Princess Louise of Belgium and G�za Mattachich, stepson of a minor Croatian count, began with no more than an exchanged glance in a park. Yet the princess and her soldier, divided by wealth and status, pursued their devotion to one another through scandal, ruin, madness and imprisonment. Dan Jacobson's brilliant imagining of this forgotten episode of the Hapsburg court brings to life one of the century's great love stories.

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The story of Princess Louise of Belgium and Geza Mattachich, stepson of a minor Croatian count, began with no more than an exchanged glance in a park. Yet the princess and her soldier, divided by wealth and status, pursued their devotion to one another through scandal, ruin, madness and imprisonment.

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

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