Books by Ilsa Barea
“A writer who captures the moods, the atmosphere of Vienna at different periods brilliantly is Ilsa Barea who wrote a book called Vienna: Legend and Reality published in 1921. It is a kind of love-hatred letter to the city that she had had to flee and captures the feelings of nostalgia tinged with melancholy. She evokes the Baroque city and even more the Biedermeier age (after the Napoleonic war, 1815-1848) very vividly.” Read more...
Nicholas Parsons, Historian
Interviews where books by Ilsa Barea were recommended
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Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends
by Lonnie Johnson -
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The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross & Crescent
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Maria Theresa
by Edward Crankshaw -
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Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
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The Man Without Qualities
by Robert Musil -
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The Capuchin Crypt (aka The Emperor's Tomb)
by Joseph Roth
The best books on Austria, recommended by Nicholas Parsons
The best books on Austria, recommended by Nicholas Parsons
Today, the Republic of Austria is a small country in Central Europe, but for centuries, it was the fulcrum of events going on in Europe, as the Habsburgs led the Holy Roman Empire—and later the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire—until it all fell apart after World War I. Nicholas Parsons, author of the excellent The Shortest History of Austria, introduces us to books and novels that bring to life the history of a political, intellectual, and cultural powerhouse.
